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WorksheetsScience Court Fossils Content Quiz
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 5mins
People who study fossils are called ____.
meterologists
fossilologists
paleontologists
Which of the following is NOT an example of a fossil?
a petrified dinosaur bone
a footprint captured in mud
a seashell found on the beach
The process that turns living things, like bones, into rocks is called _____.
rock and roll
petrification
dinosauring
When did dinosaurs live on Earth?
Millions of years ago
Thousands of years ago
Hundreds of years ago
Which of the following is NOT a soft part of an animal?
teeth
heart
tongue
Which of the following is NOT a hard part of an animal?
bone
brain
teeth
Which of the following is NOT something you could learn from a fossil?
The size of the animal
What the animal ate
The color of the animal
In which kind of rock do we usually find a fossil?
sedimentary rock
rock candy
hard rock
Which of the following events happens FIRST?
Slowly, minerals in the water replace the bone.
Sediment covers the bone.
An animal dies.
The bone is no longer a bone, but a rock copy.
Which of the following characters is Mrs. Mannion's favorite?
Judge Stone
Jenn Bedders
Stenographer Fred
J.C. Cramwood
_____ is any living thing, plant or animal, even you!
A paleontologist
An organism
A fossil
Which of the following is NOT something you could learn from an animal that left behind large, sharp teeth?
It probably ate meat because it had sharp teeth.
It was probably a large animal since it had large teeth,
It was probably a boy dinosaur because it had sharp teeth.
What would probably happen if dinosaur remains are not covered quickly?
It could decay, or rot away.
It would become a fossil.
It would not be able to decay.
Why was Jack Jenkins at the construction site in the first place?
He wanted a Cram Burger.
He was protesting the building of the restaraunt.
He was looking for his iPhone.
