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WorksheetsALMA Fossils
Total questions: 17
Worksheet time: 8mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
Pedro saw dinosaur footprints at the museum. Pedro was probably looking at fossils formed in
a)
coal
b)
rocks
c)
living things
d)
crystals
2.
Which can scientists learn when they study fossils?
a)
Why plants need sunlight
b)
How volcanoes make new rocks
c)
What plants lived long ago
d)
When the next earthquake will occur
3.
Donna wants to make something that looks like a fossil. Which should she do?
a)
mix sand and clay and let it dry
b)
cover a seed with soil and water it
c)
push a shell into clay and pull it out
d)
wrap a leaf around a rock and freeze it
4.
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
5.
Which animal part would MOST LIKELY form a fossil?
a)
fur
b)
lung
c)
bone
d)
muscle
6.
Why do bones and teeth remain as part of some fossils?
a)
they are white
b)
bones are large
c)
the parts are hard
d)
bones decay easily
7.
The name rock is given when it is broken down into smaller pieces.
a)
texture
b)
weathering
c)
sediment
d)
erosion
8.
These are dinosaur footprints. What is this a example of?
a)
All of the below!!!!!
b)
index fossil
c)
permineralized remains
d)
trace fossil
9.
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
10.
People who study fossils are called ____.
a)
meterologists
b)
fossilologists
c)
paleontologists
11.
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
12.
The process that turns living things, like bones, into rocks is called _____.
a)
rock and roll
b)
petrification
c)
dinosauring
13.
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
14.
In which kind of rock do we usually find a fossil?
a)
sedimentary rock
b)
rock candy
c)
hard rock
15.
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.
16.
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.
17.
What is hardened tree sap?
a)
coprolites
b)
index fossils
c)
gastroliths
d)
amber
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