Quiz about Fossils

Question 1

Making imprints of objects in clay is most useful for learning about _____________________.

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fossils

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weathering

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renewable resources

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the rock cycle

Question 2

You find a dinosaur footprint in a rock near your house. What is the BEST conclusion you can draw from this footprint about what happened many years ago?

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dinosaurs once loved where you live

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dinosaurs changed and adapted over time

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a meteor hit where you live

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dinosaurs were reptiles

Question 3

What happens to MOST dead plants and animals?

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they quickly rot or get eaten

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sediment buries them

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they become fossils

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they turn into water

Question 4

What can scientists most easily tell from a set of footprints that have become fossils?

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how the animal moved

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what the animal ate

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how many babies the animal had

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what kind of enemies the animal had

Question 5

What needs to happen for a bone to become a fossil?

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it must be buried

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it must rot

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it must be eaten

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it must be crushed

Question 6

A scientist finds shell fossils in a rock in the desert. What conclusion can the scientist make?

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Millions of years ago, the desert was an ocean.

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Millions of years ago, the desert was covered by ice.

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Millions of years ago, the desert was a rainforest.

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Millions of years ago, the desert was the top of a mountain.

Question 7

Scientists know that dinosaurs actually lived because ____________________________.

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they have found fossils of dinosaurs

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people who have seen them told the scientists

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they have seen the dinosaurs

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some animals alive today look like dinosaurs

Question 8

What can scientists learn about a particular dinosaur from studying its fossilized teeth?

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what kind of food it ate

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how big it was

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what its skin looked like

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how fast it would run

Question 9

What is a fossil?

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fossils are the preserved remains of plants or animals that lived long ago

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fossils are decayed remains of plants or animals

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fossils are imprints of leaves found in the mud

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fossils are humus found in soil

Question 10

Fossils can be found in:

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all of the above

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hardened tree sap

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sedimentary rock

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they can be petrified

Question 11

Scientist who studies fossils is called:

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paleontologists

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doctors

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meteorologists

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geologists

Question 12

Two fossils are found in a cold mountain region. One is a fish fossil and the other is a palm tree fossil. What can you infer about the environment in which these organisms lived?

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A warm ocean environment because fish are found in areas with water and palm trees are found in warm ocean environments.

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A cold mountain region because an environment cannot change its type of environment over time.

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A warm mountain region because since there are palm trees, the area needs to be warm.

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A hot desert because palm trees are found in hot areas.

Question 13

A third grader is tasked to create a model to show how a fossil is formed. What needs to happen first and why?

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The first step is that an animal dies because once a living thing dies, it has the possibility of becoming a fossil.

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The first step is that an animal dies because once any living thing dies, it will always start the fossilization process

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The first step is that the animal is buried by sediment because if it is buried by sediment, it will then die to become a fossil.

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The first step is that bone is slowly replaced with minerals because if they are replaced by minerals, then once it dies, it starts to fossilize.

Question 14

A student is observing two fossils found in a warm wooded region. One fossil is of an animal and one of a plant. Both of these fossils appear to have the same characteristic that they retain water. What can you infer about the environment in which these organisms lived?

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The fossils are of organisms that once lived in a desert since these organisms are able to live where there is limited water.

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The fossils are of organisms that once lived in an ocean because they need water in order to survive.

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The fossils are of organisms that once lived on the coast next to the ocean because they lived on land, but need access to the ocean.

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The fossils are of organisms that once lived in a wooded area because there are a lot of types of plants and animals found in this region.

Fossils

15 questions

Making imprints of objects in clay is most useful for learning about _____________________.

You find a dinosaur footprint in a rock near your house. What is the BEST conclusion you can draw from this footprint about what happened many years ago?

What happens to MOST dead plants and animals?

What can scientists most easily tell from a set of footprints that have become fossils?

What needs to happen for a bone to become a fossil?

A scientist finds shell fossils in a rock in the desert. What conclusion can the scientist make?

Scientists know that dinosaurs actually lived because ____________________________.

What can scientists learn about a particular dinosaur from studying its fossilized teeth?

What is a fossil?

Fossils can be found in:

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