Earth's Features and Fossils

1. What can be determined about a fossil of a turtle found in one rock layer and a fossil of a fish found two rock layers below it?

• a. The fossils are the same age.
• b. The fish is older than the fossil of the turtle.
• c. The fish is younger than than the fossil of the turtle.
• d. You can't tell the age of the fossils.

2. Fossils are usually created from the ________________________ of an organism.

• a. hair
• b. bones
• c. muscles

3. Based on the image below, where would the oldest rock be found?

• a. A
• b. B
• c. C
• d. D

4. What can scientists learn from fossils? Select ALL that apply.

• a. the type of animals that lived long ago
• b. what the climate was like long ago
• c. the colors of animals that lived long ago
• d. what the environment was like long ago

5. Which cannot be used to understand Earth's? features

• a. maps
• b. patterns
• c. moon phases
• d. observations

6. Which is NOT a feature found on the ocean floor?

• a. rift valley
• b. trench
• c. continental shelf
• d. estuary

7. If a fern fossil is found in a rock layer lower than a fossil of a small fish, the fern is probably ________________________.

• a. older
• b. younger

8. The "Ring of Fire" is an area where most of Earth's volcanoes are located. What most likely contributes to the volcanic activity?

• a. This area is surrounded by land on three sides.
• b. The lands bordering the area are mostly deserts.
• c. The area is formed by active tectonic plate boundaries.
• d. The area is north of the equator, increasing water temperature.

9. Volcanoes are caused by ______________________>

• a. plate movement
• b. glaciers and icebergs

10. Plateaus, valleys, canyons, and mountains are all examples of:

• a. highlands
• b. mantle areas
• c. landforms
• d. hydrosphere