Fossil Evidence Quiz

What is a fossil?

• A type of rock

• Evidence of ancient life preserved in rock

• A modern animal

• A piece of wood

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How can fossils form?

• When animals paint on rocks

• When living things are buried quickly by sediment

• By planting seeds in the ground

• Through the melting of ice

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What do paleontologists study?

• Stars and planets

• Mountains and rivers

• Fossils

• Plants and animals

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Why are fossils important?

• They can be used as jewelry

• They help us understand what the Earth was like long ago

• They can be used to make tools

• They are not important

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What is the fossil record?

• A list of all the music from ancient times

• A collection of fossils that tells us about the history of life on Earth

• A record of all the animals currently living

• A book about dinosaurs

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How do scientists determine the age of a fossil?

• By asking a paleontologist

• By looking at the size of the fossil

• By using special techniques like radiometric dating

• By guessing

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What can fossils tell us about past environments?

• Nothing

• Only the color of the environment

• What types of plants and animals lived there

• What people wore in the past

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Which of the following is NOT a way fossils can be preserved?

• In amber

• In ice

• In sedimentary rock

• In a lava flow

What might a paleontologist do at a dig site?

• Play video games

• Carefully remove earth to uncover fossils

• Plant flowers

• Swim in a lake

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Why might two fossils look different even if they are from the same type of animal?

• One of the animals was nicer

• They lived in different environments

• One fossil is older

• Both B and C are correct

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