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WorksheetsFossils & Earth- NF-4
Total questions: 35
Worksheet time: 23mins
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Class
Date
1.
How are fossils created?
a)
Traces of organisms get turned into stone.
b)
Dead organisms are quickly buried for millions of years.
c)
Animals get trapped.
d)
All of the above
2.
In what kind of rock can fossils be found?
a)
Sedimentary Rocks
b)
Igneous Rocks
c)
Metamorphic Rocks
d)
Granite
3.
Fossils give us evidence about which of the following?
a)
plants and animals that lived long ago
b)
how weathering and erosion break down rocks
c)
the other planets in our solar system
d)
the transfer of energy from one form to another
4.
Finding the fossils of trees in an area that is currently a desert without much life might tell us that the area, millions of years ago -
a)
was heavily eroded by strong winds
b)
received enough rain to support a forest
c)
suffered very powerful earthquakes
d)
was destroyed by the impact of meteorites
5.
Several wooly mammoth fossils have been found. Mammoths, which lived hundreds of thousands of years ago, were covered with thick fur. Based on the evidence, mammoth fossils tell us that the area in which they are found -
a)
has too many humans
b)
no longer has large animals
c)
was, at one time, very cold
d)
receives more rain that it used to
6.
A scientist is seeking rocks that formed at the mouth of a river. The fossils of which of the following would be the best evidence that rocks were formed under these conditions?
a)
freshwater birds
b)
large animals
c)
flying insects
d)
tropical bats
7.
Finding fossils in an area can help us learn what about that location?
a)
Which places in the region receive the most sunlight
b)
The effect of the climate on the formation of the soil
c)
How modern plants and animals interact there
d)
The kinds of organisms that lived there long ago
8.
Herbivores are animals that eat plants. Finding many fossils of large herbivores in rocks that are millions of years old would lead to what conclusion about the ancient environment of the area? A reasonable conclusion is that the area was once a -
a)
rocky seashore
b)
thriving grassland
c)
frozen lake
d)
muddy swamp
9.
What type of fossil is this?
a)
Mold
b)
Cast
c)
Preserved remains
d)
Trace fossil
10.
Scientists who study fossils are called
a)
Geologists
b)
Paleontologists
c)
Fossil Scientists
d)
Meteorologists
11.
Which animal part would MOST LIKELY form a fossil?
a)
fur
b)
lung
c)
bone
d)
muscle
12.
What type of fossil is this?
a)
Trace fossil
b)
Mold
c)
Cast
d)
Carbon film
13.
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
14.
What type of fossil fills a mold, and is a model of the actual organism?
a)
cast
b)
trace
c)
carbon imprint
d)
True form
15.
What is hardened tree sap?
a)
coprolites
b)
index fossils
c)
gastroliths
d)
amber
16.
What happens when a group of animals become extinct?
a)
All of its members have died.
b)
Only a few of its members are still living.
c)
The animals can no longer lay eggs.
d)
All of its members move to another place.
17.
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 ate meat
c)
the animal did not live on land
d)
the animal is closely related to a shark
18.
Which of these must happen first for a fossil to form?
a)
a plant or animal is covered by sediment
b)
sediments fill a mold and form a cast
c)
a plant or animal is eaten
d)
sediments are pressed together and harden
19.
_____ is any living thing, plant or animal, even you!
a)
A paleontologist
b)
An organism
c)
A fossil
d)
A rock
20.
In order for a fossil to form, which of the following events must happen 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.
21.
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
d)
Where the animal lived
22.
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
d)
an insect stuck in amber
23.
Which statement BEST describes how the fossil bones of a dinosaur are formed?
a)
The dinosaur became trapped in amber.
b)
The dinosaur was covered in sediment.
c)
The dinosaur was frozen in ice.
d)
The dinosaur stepped in wet mud.
24.
The hardened remains of a living thing that died long ago.
a)
extinct
b)
cast
c)
fossil
d)
bone
25.
This type of fossil would include nests, eggs, feces, and footprints.
a)
cast
b)
mold
c)
preserved remains
d)
trace
26.
Why are there more animal fossils than plant fossils?
a)
Animals eat plants.
b)
Plants are smaller than animals.
c)
Plants have softer body parts than animals.
d)
There were more ancient animals than ancient plants.
27.
Which type of fossil would look just like an actual body part of a once-living thing?
a)
a cast
b)
a trace
atrace
atrace
c)
a mineral
d)
a footprint
28.
What replaces the wood of a once-living tree to form petrified wood?
a)
amber
b)
a cast
c)
a mold
d)
minerals
29.
These are dinosaur footprints. What is this a example of?
a)
mold fossil
b)
cast fossil
c)
permineralized remains
d)
trace fossil
30.
What type of fossil is this?
a)
preservation of actual remains
b)
replacement of mineral matter
c)
molds,casts,imprints
31.
Fossils that aren't exactly part of the organism. These include footprints, burrows, eggshells, and my personal favorite, coprolite (or fossilized excrement).They give insight into an organism's behavior.
a)
Trace fossils
b)
Mold fossils
c)
Cast fossils
d)
Index fossils
32.
When we pressed our dinosaur bodies into the clay...What type of "fossil" did it leave us with?
a)
preserved remains
b)
trace
c)
cast
d)
mold
33.
True or False...All living things that die become fossils.
a)
True
b)
False
34.
Which item below would INCREASE the chances of making a fossil?
a)
Soft body parts
b)
Buried Right Away
c)
Left Exposed
d)
Lots of Scavenger Activity
35.
True or False...Fossils have been found all over Earth.
a)
True
b)
False
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