Fossils Quiz

What is a fossil?

• a decomposing plant life

• the preserved remains of an animal, plants or organisms from the past

• a cast of the remains of an animal, plants or organisms for the past

• a footprint in the sand

Why do scientists study fossils?

• to study the development of humans

• to learn about the past, the fossils where, what, when, why and how they lived.

• to research human changes

• they find dinosaurs interesting.

What is a trace fossil?

• the bones of a plant or animal

• the mold of a plant or animal

• the imprint of a plant or animal

• the plant or animal itself

What is a true fossil?

• the bones of a plant or animal

• the mold of a plant or animal

• the imprint of a plant of animal

• the plant or animal itself

What type of fossil is this?

• true fossil

• cast fossil

• mold fossil

• trace fossil

A hollow space was left where a bone belonging to an ancient bird had been buried. Minerals filled in the hollow space. What do you call a fossil that forms this way?

• true fossil

• trace fossil

• mold

• cast

An insect is trapped in amber. The entire body of the insect i preserved. What type of fossil is this?

• true fossil

• trace fossil

• mold

• cast

Fossil footprints of an extinct kind of elephant are preserved in rock. Tracks a snake made in the sand are preserved in another kind of rock. What do we call these kinds of fossils?

• true fossil

• trace fossil

• mold

• cast

A crab shell is buried in sediments. The sediments get pressed and squeezed into stone. Meanwhile, the crab shell gets washed away, leaving a hollow space the shape of he crab shell. What kind of fossil is this?

• true fossil

• trace fossil

• mold

• cast