Fossils/Rocks Assessment

What are rocks used for here on Earth?

• To build houses

• To build bridges

• To make things firm and hard

• All of the above

What are the three types of rocks?

• ingenious, metamorphic, sedimentary

• hard, soft, round

• gas, liquid, solid

• none of the above

What is marble usually used to build?

• walls

• Statues

• Roads

• roofs

What are the properties of rocks?

• Properties of rocks is how long rocks have been living

• Properties of rocks is buildings made out of rocks

• Properties help people identify the different types of rocks. The rocks texture, shape, size, and hardness

• Properties of rocks are fossils

Sedimentary rocks are formed from layers of sand, minerals, dead plants, animals, and skelatons

• TRUE

• FALSE

Select the natural materials (there are two)

• wood

• clay

• windows

• plastic

What do fossils form in?

• nothing

• air

• water

• Sand, volcanic ash, and mud.

What part of the animal stays when fossils are formed?

• the organs

• skeleton

• the flesh

• the fur

What is the definition of fossils?

• When an animal dies

• An animal that no longer exist on the Earth

• Impressions or remains of things that were once living

What does extinct mean?

• To continue to live.

• A species, family, or group of plants or animals that were once alive but are now dead.

• Fossils that people find

• When dead animals or plants form in lava and becomes a fossil