Fossils and Rock Layers Quiz

Which plant or animal lived most recently?

• fish

• dinosaur

• plant

• shelled animal

This table shows the age of each fossil in the picture. Use the words in the word bank to correctly complete the table.

• plant

• dinosaur

• fish

• shell

Look at the word bank. Each of these animals first appeared at some point in the fossil record. Add each animal to the table to show the part of the fossil record where it first appeared.

• dinosaur

• fish without jaws

• monkey

• human

• lizard (a reptile)

While digging a garden in your backyard, you find a fossil of a shelled animal like one that lives in the ocean. The fossil provides (skeletons / evidence / drawings) that the area where you live was once covered with (volcanic ash / sand / seawater).

• evidence

• seawater

Based on the data in the chart, which two statements are correct?

• All insects became extinct in the Mesozoic era.

• Plants first grew on land during the Paleozoic era.

• An ice age occurred in the Mesozoic era that killed all plants.

• Dinosaurs became extinct between the Mesozoic and Cenozoic eras.

Fill in the Blank.