Science Ch. 2 Test, 5th grade

The process of removing a fossil from the rock and other materials around it is called

• extinction

• evolution

• excavation

• decomposition

People who believe that life on the earth evolved are called

• paleontologists

• evolutionists

• Creationists

• geologists

Permanently frozen soil is called

• permafrost

• amber

• tar

• snow

Dinosaur bones have been found in

• only in the eastern parts of the earth

• only in the western parts of the earth

• only in the mountainous regions

• all over the earth

When the last of a certain plant or animal dies, ___________ occurs.

• decomposition

• extinction

• evolution

• excavation

One thing scientists cannot learn from a fossil is an animal's

• outward appearance

• behavior

• diet

• body shape and size

The scientific study of fossils is called

• creation

• evolution

• geology

• paleontology

People who believe that God created the earth and all forms of life in six days are called

• paleontologists

• Creationists

• evolutionists

• geologists

Fossils have been preserved in.... (Check all that apply)

• tar

• ice

• amber

• sedimentary rock

People draw conclusions about fossils based on what they believe about how the earth began.

• True

• False