Fossils Quiz

Which is NOT a type of fossil mentioned?

• Trace fossils

• Exoskeletal fossils

• Mummified fossils

• Body fossils

Which is true about the layers of sediment that fossils are found in?

• Oldest sediment layer is on the top

• Newest sediment layer is on the bottom

• Oldest sediment layer is in the middle

• Newest sediment layer is on the top

Which statement is FALSE concerning fossils?

• Finding fossils is very easy.

• Most plants and animals don’t leave behind fossils.

• Many animals and plants that have left behind fossils don’t exist anymore.

• They are a record of living things before people wrote things down.

The Dinosaur Valley State Park is in __________ and contains fossils from ____ dinosaurs.

The second time period of dinosaurs is from the ____________ Period, a time known as the _______ of ___________.

Describe three things we can learn from fossils.

• Fossils provide evidence that life has happened on Earth

• Fossils provide evidence of how long life has been on Earth.

• They help us to know how and where organisms lived, and they can teach us about ancient environments.

• Fossils are organisms.

I found a fossil that looked like footprints. What kind of fossil did I most likely find?

• Cast
• Trace
• Mold
• Igneous

The mineralized remains of organisms, showing how long-dead organisms lived and how their bodies were structured

• law of superposition

• sedimentary layers

• fossils

• petrification