Fossils Quiz

Fossils are ______________.

• preserved remains of living things
• ancient organisms
• layers of rock
• minerals that fill spaces

Which animal below is NOT extinct?

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True or False? Fish fossils found in rocks on the top of a mountain represents a CHANGE in the environment because of where the fossil was found.

• True

• False

Which part of an organism is the most likely to be fossilized?

• the feet
• the hard parts
• the head
• the soft parts

Which of the following words describes a piece of wood that is like stone and unbreakable?

• extinction
• sedimentation
• petrification
• environmental

______________ are the preserved remains of plants or animals that lived long ago.

• Fossils

• Extinct

• Paleontologist

• Sediment

Something no longer found alive is _____________.

• environment
• extinct
• sediment
• paleontologist

If an organism lived for a LONG period of time it will have many ____________.

• places

• lives

• rock layers

Mrs. Baskette is digging in her backyard. She finds each of the items, which is a fossil?

• coin
• earthworm
• shark tooth
• none of the above

A scientist who studies fossils and organisms that live long ago is called a __________.

• sediment
• fossils
• paleontologist
• petrification