Fossils Quizizz Core 3

Most fossils are formed within which kind of rock?

• sedimentary

• metamorphic

• igneous

• they form equally in all types of rock

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An organism is ______________ if it no longer exits and will never live again on Earth.

• rare

• extinct

• plentiful

• missing

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Remains, imprints or traces of once-living organisms

• water
• superposition
• fossils 

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Correctly sequence the layers of rocks oldest to youngest 

• A,B,C,D
• D,C,B,A

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Who studies ancient environments?

• biologists

• specialologists

• paleontologists

• scientologists

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How do fossils form?

• An organisms is rapidly buried. The sediments and minerals replace the tissues.

• An organism is buried slowly. Only bones can become fossils

How long does it take for a fossil to form?

• Less than a year

• A few years.

• A few hundred years

• Thousands to millions of years.

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Fossils can be found in:

• hardened tree sap

• sedimentary rock

• they can be petrified

• all of the above

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Scientists know that dinosaurs actually lived because ____________________________.

• people who have seen them told the scientists

• they have seen the dinosaurs

• they have found fossils of dinosaurs

• some animals alive today look like dinosaurs

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A scientist finds shell fossils in a rock in the desert. What conclusion can the scientist make?

• Millions of years ago, the desert was an ocean.

• Millions of years ago, the desert was covered by ice.

• Millions of years ago, the desert was a rainforest.

• Millions of years ago, the desert was the top of a mountain.

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