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Total questions: 16
Worksheet time: 6mins
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1.
A fossil is ____.
a)
a dead rotten animal
b)
the remains of things that lived a long, long time ago
c)
a plant that dried up
2.
People who study fossils are called ____.
a)
meterologists
b)
fossilologists
c)
paleontologists
3.
Which of the following is NOT an example of a fossil?
a)
a petrified dinosaur bone
b)
a footprint captured in mud
c)
a seashell found on the beach
4.
The process that turns living things, like bones, into rocks is called _____.
a)
rock and roll
b)
petrification
c)
dinosauring
5.
Which of the following is NOT a soft part of an animal?
a)
teeth
b)
heart
c)
tongue
6.
Which of the following is NOT a hard part of an animal?
a)
bone
b)
brain
c)
teeth
7.
Which of the following is NOT something you could learn from a fossil?
a)
The size of the animal
b)
What the animal ate
c)
The color of the animal
8.
In which kind of rock do we usually find a fossil?
a)
sedimentary rock
b)
rock candy
c)
hard rock
9.
Which of the following events happens FIRST?
a)
Slowly, minerals in the water replace the bone.
b)
Sediment covers the bone.
c)
An animal dies.
d)
The bone is no longer a bone, but a rock copy.
10.
_____ is any living thing, plant or animal, even you!
a)
A paleontologist
b)
An organism
c)
A fossil
11.
Which of the following is NOT something you could learn from an animal that left behind large, sharp teeth?
a)
It probably ate meat because it had sharp teeth.
b)
It was probably a large animal since it had large teeth,
c)
It was probably a boy dinosaur because it had sharp teeth.
12.
What would probably happen if dinosaur remains are not covered quickly?
a)
It could decay, or rot away.
b)
It would become a fossil.
c)
It would not be able to decay.
13.
Why don't we know what many ancient plants looked like?
a)
they had many soft parts
b)
they were eaten by dinosaurs
c)
there weren't ancient plants
14.
What type of fossil fills a mold, and is a model of the actual organism?
a)
cast
b)
trace
c)
carbon imprint
15.
What could you learn from finding evidence of shark fossils in Georgia?
a)
Georgia will be covered in water one day
b)
Georgia was once covered by water
c)
Sharks used to live on land
16.
What could you conclude if you find many fossils of one certain species?
a)
this species had a low population
b)
this species all died in the same place
c)
this species had a high population
d)
this species all died at the same time
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