WorksheetsFossils
Total questions: 13
Worksheet time: 6mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
What is an original remain?
a)
The actual body or body parts of an organism
b)
A leg trapped in amber
c)
A remain that is from the original dinosaur
d)
How much originality is left in a fossil
2.
What comes from trees and preserves insects and other small animals?
a)
Tar
b)
Ice
c)
Amber
d)
Carbon
3.
What is the half - life of Uranium 235.
a)
4.6 billion years
b)
5730 years
c)
740 million years
d)
704 million years
4.
What is inside petrified wood that makes it petrified?
a)
Wood
b)
Minerals/Stone
c)
Dirt
d)
Ferns
5.
An example of a trace fossil would be a ___
a)
Dinosaur Footprint
b)
Bird Skull
6.
Once a fossil gets buried by rock and erodes away it becomes a(n) ____
a)
Water Fossil
b)
Original Remain
c)
Rock Fossil
d)
Mold and Cast Fossil
7.
How many eons divide Earth's history?
a)
8
b)
4
8.
Each year a tree gets a new ring
a)
False
b)
True
9.
Carbon 14 has 6 ______ and 8 ______
a)
Protons, Neutrons
b)
Electrons, Protons
c)
Neutrons, Protons
d)
Electrons, Neutrons
10.
The Earth is constantly changing
a)
True
b)
False
11.
Humans appeared on Earth about ______
a)
4.6 billion years ago
b)
50,000 years ago
c)
100,000 years ago
d)
5 million years ago
12.
The Pre-Cambrian period makes up __% of the time scale
a)
35
b)
50
c)
100
d)
90
13.
Humans appeared during the ______ Period
a)
Paleozoic
b)
Mesozoic
c)
Cenozoic
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