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Worksheets5.7A/B/D
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 15mins
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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.
What are the 3 main fossil fuels?
a)
Coal, Oil, and Gasoline
b)
Coal, Oil, and Natural Gas
c)
Electricity, Gasoline, Petroleum
d)
Coal, Oil, Non-renewable Resources
3.
Coal often forms where once there was swamps. What characteristic of swamps is important to the formation of coal?
a)
High Temperature
b)
Abundant Plant Life
c)
Frequent Rains
d)
Reptile Predators
4.
Which layer formed first?
a)
Rock Layer W
b)
Rock Layer X
c)
Rock Layer Y
d)
Rock Layer Z
5.
The formation of fossil fuels is a process that takes millions of years and starts with energy from the sun. The sun contributes to the formation of fossil fuels by -
a)
heating up the Earth's core where fossil fuels form
b)
generating winds so humans use less fossil fuels
c)
give energy to the living things that become fossil fuels
d)
giving off heat, similar to burning fossil fuels
6.
This rock arch is a result of
a)
deposition of minerals
b)
wind erosion
c)
water erosion
d)
ice wedging
7.
This valley is a result of
a)
water erosion
b)
deposition
c)
glaciers
d)
wind
8.
This cave formation is a result of
a)
wind erosion
b)
deposition of minerals
c)
ice
9.
This delta is a result of
a)
weathering
b)
erosion
c)
deposition
10.
Ice wedging is an example of
a)
deposition
b)
weathering
c)
erosion
11.
What is a Fossil?
a)
A Fossil is the remains of an dead animal and plant.
b)
I don't know?
c)
A Fossil is the remains of only a
plant.
plant.
12.
"younger over oldest" means that the the OLDEST rock layer is on the _________.
a)
top
b)
bottom
13.
In what kind of rock can fossils be found?
a)
Sedimentary Rocks
b)
Igneous Rocks
c)
Metamorphic Rocks
d)
Granite
14.
Some students made a model to show one of the first steps in the formation of sedimentary rock. The students pour 2 cm of light-colored sand into a clear plastic box. Then they add 1 cm of gravel. Finally, they pour 2 cm of dark-colored sand on top of the gravel. Which characteristic of sedimentary rock does this model best show?
a)
Sedimentary rock is made of layers.
b)
Sedimentary rock is cemented bits of rock.
c)
Sedimentary rock is often limestone.
d)
Sedimentary rock is common in Texas.
15.
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
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