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Fossils Quiz

Authored by bsurina surina

Chemistry

6th Grade

NGSS covered

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Fossils Quiz
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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

A fossil is ?

The preserved remains, impressions, or traces of once living organisms.

The left over tools of people that lived in the past.

The Layers in sedimentary rock.

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS4-1

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

3 mins • 1 pt

How are fossils formed?

Through the process of sedimentation and mineralization

By the rapid cooling of lava

Through photosynthesis

By the evaporation of water

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

3 mins • 1 pt

What is the role of sediments in fossil formation?

Sediments protect remains from destruction or decay and help in fossilization.

Sediments dissolve the remains, preventing fossilization.

Sediments have no role in fossil formation.

Sediments speed up the decay process.

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

3 mins • 1 pt

What happens to the bones of animals in sediment layers?

They dissolve completely.

Minerals slowly replace the calcium in bones

They are unchanged.

They turn into diamonds.

5.

MULTIPLE SELECT QUESTION

45 sec • 1 pt

How do fossils come closer to earth’s surface? Check all that apply.

Through erosion and weathering of overlying rocks

By volcanic activity pushing them upwards

Due to tectonic plate movements

By human excavation activities

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

3 mins • 1 pt

How does erosion help to expose fossils?

By wearing away the surrounding rock and soil

By covering fossils with more sediment

By creating new fossils

By preserving fossils in their original state

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

3 mins • 1 pt

How are petrified fossils formed?

Through the process of mineralization where organic material is replaced with minerals.

By being frozen in ice for thousands of years.

Through the compression of organic material into coal.

By being trapped in amber.

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