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WorksheetsTypes of Fossils
Total questions: 14
Worksheet time: 11mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
Preserved remains or traces of living things?
a)
fossils
b)
organisms
c)
extinct
d)
rocks
2.
Most fossils form when living things?
a)
die
b)
get buried
c)
rot
d)
die/buried by sediment
3.
Scientists who study fossils?
a)
scientist
b)
paleontologist
c)
astronaut
d)
mrs. simao
4.
Type of rock that is made of hardened sediment?
a)
metamorphic rock
b)
igneous rock
c)
sedimentary rock
d)
limestone
5.
When an organism dies, its soft parts _________ quickly or are eaten by animals.
a)
fade away
b)
disappear
c)
get washed away
d)
decay
6.
Generally, only hard parts become fossils.
These hard parts include........................
These hard parts include........................
a)
fingernails
b)
bones, shells, teeth, seeds & woody stems
c)
soft tissue
d)
skin
7.
Petrified fossils means?
a)
afraid
b)
scared
c)
spooky
d)
turning into stone
8.
The most common type of fossil?
a)
preserved remains
b)
molds & casts
c)
trace fossils
d)
carbon films
9.
A mold is?
a)
exact copy
b)
like a cast
c)
empty space
d)
hollow area
10.
Trace fossils are?
a)
foot prints
b)
evidence of activities of ancient organisms
c)
traces of animals
d)
traces of rocks
11.
Remains can be preserved by?
a)
changing over time
b)
staying the same
c)
tar, amber, ice
d)
freezing only
12.
Process by which all different kinds of living organisms change over long periods time?
a)
extinct
b)
evolution
c)
scientific theory
d)
fosiilize
13.
The fossil record shows?
a)
groups of organisms have become extinct
b)
groups of organisms change over time
c)
have died and came back to life
d)
evolved into another species
14.
Fossils and past environments show?
a)
how pangaea formed
b)
how organisms survived
c)
how cold it was
d)
what the climate and environment were like
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