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Total questions: 16
Worksheet time: 9mins
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Class
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1.
Carbon gas is squeezed from the body and leaves an outline of the organism.
a)
carbon film
b)
coal
c)
permineralized remains
d)
trace fossils
2.
Fossils provide evidence for all of the following EXCEPT
a)
when organisms lived
b)
where organisms lived
c)
what year the organism was born
d)
how they lived
3.
What organism typically eats remains before they can be fossilized?
a)
producers
b)
secondary consumers
c)
primary consumers
d)
scavengers
4.
Fossils used to determine the age of a rock layer.
a)
trace
b)
index
c)
cast
d)
trail
5.
Rock produces a copy of the original organism.
a)
coal
b)
cast
c)
mold
d)
trace
6.
Fossils can be all of the following except..
a)
remains
b)
igneous rocks
c)
traces
d)
imprints
7.
Minerals move into the tiny spaces of hard body parts.
a)
carbon film
b)
permineralized remains
c)
cast
d)
mold
8.
The age of something compared to the age of other things. (Not an exact age)
a)
relative age
b)
absolute age
c)
superposition
d)
index
9.
Which of the following would NOT help an organism become fossilized?
a)
shell
b)
skeleton
c)
buried quickly with sediment
d)
soft body parts
10.
What causes remains to rot and dissolve before they can be fossilized?
a)
producers
b)
fungi and bacteria
c)
consumers
d)
scavengers
11.
Coal is made from
a)
igneous rock
b)
metamorphic rock
c)
remains of organisms
d)
magma
12.
A cavity or imprint of an organism
a)
cast
b)
mold
c)
coal
d)
trace fossil
13.
All of the following have preserved the original remains of an organism EXCEPT
a)
tar
b)
ice
c)
amber
d)
water
14.
Fossilized tracks or other evidence of activity of an organism.
a)
trail
b)
trace
c)
index
d)
absolute
15.
In undisturbed rock layers, the oldest rocks are on bottom and the youngest rocks are on top.
a)
absolute age
b)
relative age
c)
principle of superposition
d)
index fossils
16.
The age of something in years
a)
relative age
b)
absolute age
c)
superposition
d)
index
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