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Unit 6 Science Test Fossils

Authored by LeeAnn Hamilton

Science

5th Grade

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Unit 6 Science Test Fossils
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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Janice found a rock and used a hammer to split it open. One half of the rock had a raised shape of a shell. The other had an impression of the shell. What type of fossil did Janice find?

a mold and a cast of a shell

a shell frozen in rock

a shell preserved in amber

a trace fossil of a seashell

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2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What type of rock are most fossils found in?

Igneous rocks

sedimentary rock

metamorphic rock

sand

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3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Which type of fossils would closely resemble how an organism looked like in life?

carbon film

trace fossil

mold

cast

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

The Green River Formation in Wyoming is made of layers of rock that contain fabulous fish fossils. What most likely occurred to allow the fish to be preserved so well?

The fish got buried in sediment.

Animals ate the fish so the bones were clean and ready to turn to fossils.

The fish moved along until it landed in a safe quiet place.

The temperature increased until conditions were right to form fossils.

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5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Which of the following is not an example of some environmental changes that lead to the extinction of organisms?

climate change

solar ellipse

natural disasters

deforestation

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6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

The woolly mammoth lived in a very cold, snowy environment. What of the following might not be a use for its large tusk?

for protection

to scrape ice and snow off vegetation

to attract a mate

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What may have caused 75% of Earth's organisms to become extinct approximately 65 million years ago?

glaciers

disease

a meteorite impact

the temperature became too warm

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NGSS.MS-LS4-1

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