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WorksheetsWhat Do Fossils Tell Us About Ancient Environments
Total questions: 16
Worksheet time: 13mins
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Class
Date
1.
If a tree fossil is found in the middle of a desert, what can you infer about the past environment of the area?
a)
It used to be a forest
b)
It was always a desert
c)
It used to be at the bottom of the ocean
d)
It used to be covered in ice and snow
2.
If two animals have similar traits, that means that they must be related.
a)
True
b)
False
3.
The plesiosaur was an ancient
a)
marine reptile
b)
dinosaur
c)
bird
d)
insect
4.
Why is it important to examine fossils from different places and ages?
a)
so we can gain a better understanding of the ancient environments that they lived in
b)
so that we can put them in museums
5.
How do artists know how to draw an extinct animal?
a)
they study similar living animals
b)
they went back in time and took photographs of them
6.
Which of the following describes a group of living things that is no longer living.
a)
fossil
b)
extinct
c)
mold
d)
cast
7.
The hardened remains of a living thing that died long ago.
a)
extinct
b)
cast
c)
fossil
d)
bone
8.
A fossil animal has a mouth full of sharp, pointed teeth. What can you infer about the animal?
a)
The animal ate fruits and vegetables.
b)
The animal is closely related to a shark.
c)
The animal did not live on land.
d)
The animal ate meat.
9.
If scientists found this fossil, what could they infer?
a)
what fish are like today
b)
that this fish lacked oxygen
c)
what kind of animal ate this fish
d)
that water once covered the area
10.
How are an elephant and mammoth alike?
a)
both are extinct
b)
both have tusks
c)
both have thick, shaggy fur
d)
both live in warm climate
11.
If the fossil of an animal has flippers, what can you assume about where the animal lived?
a)
it lived in the rainforest
b)
it lived in the ocean
c)
it lived in the desert
d)
it lived on a mountain
12.
What can we learn when we compare fossils to other animals that live today?
a)
we can learn more about the environment it lived in
b)
we can learn more about the current environment
c)
we can learn about the animal's family
13.
How do artists draw pictures of animals that are extinct?
a)
they compare the fossil to animals living today
b)
they go back in time and look at the animals
c)
they look at old photographs
d)
they take a wild guess
14.
Aquatic fossils are fossils of animals that lived
a)
in water
b)
on land
c)
in trees
d)
in the mountains
15.
Terrestrial fossils are fossils of animals that lived
a)
on land
b)
in the sky
c)
in trees
d)
in water
16.
If a fossil has wings, what can we assume about the organism it came from?
a)
it was a terrestrial animal
b)
it was an aquatic animal
c)
it had a red beak
d)
it had four feet
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