Worksheets4-6 Quiz
Total questions: 25
Worksheet time: 29mins
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Class
Date
1.
Fossils of fish are found under land where cows now live. What does this tell you?
a)
the fish were dropped their by flying birds
b)
this land was once under the ocean
c)
farmers fed the fish to the cows
d)
fish used to live on land
2.
Which animal part would MOST LIKELY form a fossil?
a)
fur
b)
lung
c)
bone
d)
muscle
3.
These are dinosaur footprints. What is this a example of?
a)
All of the below!!!!!
b)
index fossil
c)
permineralized remains
d)
trace fossil
4.
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
5.
What type of fossil fills a mold, and is a model of the actual organism?
a)
cast
b)
trace
c)
carbon imprint
6.
What is hardened tree sap?
a)
coprolites
b)
index fossils
c)
gastroliths
d)
amber
7.
Which best describes fossils?
a)
They are the preserved remains or evidence of ancient living things
b)
They are the preserved remains or evidence of ancient living and nonliving things
c)
They are the preserved bones of ancient animals
d)
They are impressions of plant leaves in ancient rocks
8.
What type of fossil is this?
a)
Mold
b)
Carbon flim
c)
Cast
d)
Original Remains
9.
What type of fossil is this?
a)
Mold
b)
Cast
c)
Trilobite are awesome
d)
trace fossil
10.
What word do we use to describe a species which has no members still living?
a)
endangered
b)
extinct
11.
What type of fossil is pictured?
a)
preserved remains
b)
trace fossil
c)
carbon film
d)
petrified fossil
12.
That fossil looks like a piece of a tree, but it's actually made of rock! What type of fossil is it?
a)
preserved remains
b)
petrified fossil
c)
carbon film
d)
trace fossil
13.
What type of fossil is this?
a)
preservation of actual remains
b)
replacement of mineral matter
c)
molds,casts,imprints
14.
Fossils that are used to correlate rock layers.
a)
index fossils
b)
trace fossils
c)
altered hard parts
d)
original preservation
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.
Fossil a is in the middle of the Earth. Fossil b is slightly below that. Fossil b is___ than fossil a.
a)
younger
b)
older
17.
What type of rock do fossils form in?
a)
Igneous
b)
Sedimentary
c)
Metamorphic
d)
Classic
18.
What is an index fossil?
a)
A fossil in geologic history
b)
A fossil of petrified remains
c)
A fossil of calcified remains
d)
A fossil found in a specific time period and wide range
19.
Which of the following is not a fossilization type?
a)
Cast
b)
Index
c)
Mold
d)
Petrified remains
20.
Which of the letters on the diagram represents the oldest layer?
a)
B
b)
F
c)
H
d)
I
21.
Which of the layers is the oldest?
a)
E
b)
B
c)
D
d)
A
22.
This adaptation is an example of ________.
a)
mimicry
b)
camoflauge
23.
According to Darwin’s theory, what process causes populations to change as their environment changes?
a)
Natural selection
b)
Artifical selection
c)
Selective Breeding
24.
According to the law of superposition, the oldest fossils are found
a)
At the top of the rock layers
b)
Near the bottom of the rock layers
c)
In the middle of the rock layers
d)
Somewhat near the surface
25.
The Law of Superposition helps scientists to determine what?
a)
The absolute age of rock layers
b)
The age of fossils
c)
The relative age of rock layers
d)
the super powers of rocks
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