Search Header Logo

Fossils Review Day

Authored by Stephanie Abney

Science

4th Grade

NGSS covered

Fossils Review Day
AI

AI Actions

Add similar questions

Adjust reading levels

Convert to real-world scenario

Translate activity

More...

    Content View

    Student View

16 questions

Show all answers

1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

3 mins • 5 pts

Media Image

The picture shows rock layers next to a road. Layer 3 most likely formed in which of these environments?

Desert

Forest

Ocean

Tundra

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-4

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

3 mins • 5 pts

What is the most common type of rock that fossils are buried in?

sandstone

igneous

metamorphic

sedimentary

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS4-1

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

3 mins • 5 pts

Media Image

What is the correct order of the rock layers from oldest to youngest?

A, B, C, D, E, F

F, E, C, D, B, A

F, E, D, C, B, A

A, B, C, E, D, F

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-4

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

3 mins • 5 pts

In order to form a fossil, an organism must usually_______ quickly after it dies?

decompose

go extinct

be buried

rot

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS4-1

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

3 mins • 5 pts

Media Image

The diagram represents the layers found inside a rocky cliff. The rock layers contain fossils. Which of the following layers of rock is most likely the youngest?

The layer containing trilobites

The layer containing amphibians

The layer containing mammals

The layer containing fish

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-4

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

3 mins • 5 pts

The remains or mark of an animal or plant that lived long ago is____

fossil

paleontologist

fossil fuels

extinct

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS4-1

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

3 mins • 5 pts

Media Image

Fossil trees were discovered in a sedimentary rock layer. In the rock layer below are fossils of clams, similar to clams found on the shores of the Gulf of Mexico. Based on this evidence, we could conclude that the area where the fossils were discovered had what environments in the past?

Sea followed by a forest

Forest followed by a mountain

Forest followed by a beach

Tundra (frozen) followed by a forest

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS4-1

NGSS.MS-ESS1-4

Access all questions and much more by creating a free account

Create resources

Host any resource

Get auto-graded reports

Google

Continue with Google

Email

Continue with Email

Classlink

Continue with Classlink

Clever

Continue with Clever

or continue with

Microsoft

Microsoft

Apple

Apple

Others

Others

Already have an account?