Biological History Test

Which of the following is NOT something you could learn from a fossil?

• The size of the animal

• What the animal ate

• The color of the animal

• Where the animal lived

In which kind of rock do we usually find a fossil?

• sedimentary rock

• metamorphic rock

• igneous rock

What happens when a group of animals become extinct?

• All of its members have died.
• Only a few of its members are still living.
• The animals can no longer lay eggs.
• All of its members move to another place.

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Which of the following is NOT an example of a fossil?

• a petrified dinosaur bone

• a footprint captured in mud

• a seashell found on the beach

• an insect stuck in amber

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What type of fossil is a baby woolly mammoth found in ice?  

• Petrified
• Cast
• Trace
• Preserved

Which type of fossil is a filled in mold made of sediment or mud?  

• Mold
• Cast
• Carbonized
• Preserved

What type of fossil is a dark imprint of a plant or animal?  

• Carbonized
• Cast
• Mold
• Petrified

What type of fossil is an insect in amber? 

• Cast
• Mold
• Preserved
• Petrified

What type of fossil is an empty cavity where a plant or animal used to be?

• Cast 
• Mold
• Petrified
• Carbonized

What type of fossil are footprints?  

• Cast
• Carbonized
• Trace
• Preserved