WorksheetsFossil Experiment Vocabulary
Total questions: 11
Worksheet time: 8mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
A scientist who studies fossils and organisms that lived long ago is called
a)
A geologist
b)
A biologist
c)
A chemist
d)
A paleontologist
2.
The hardened remains of a plant or animal that lived long ago is
a)
Fossil
b)
Mineral
c)
Sediment
d)
Remainder
3.
Which part of an animal might form a fossil?
a)
Teeth
b)
Bones
c)
footprint
d)
all of above
4.
Which type of fossil is pictured?
a)
mold
b)
cast
c)
carbon film
d)
petrified fossil
5.
What type of fossil is pictured?
a)
cast
b)
petrified fossil
c)
preserved remains
d)
trace fossil
6.
What does extinct mean?
a)
some animals left on earth
b)
only gone for this year
c)
gone forever
d)
lots of animals around
7.
This is a picture of
a)
sediment
b)
data
c)
paleontologist
d)
extinct
8.
The paleontologist will __________ the fossils.
a)
buy
b)
excavate
c)
smash
d)
decompose
9.
Fossils of sharp teeth mean the dinosaur ate ______________.
a)
grass
b)
rocks
c)
meat
d)
plants
10.
After the dinosaur dies, it's body _________.
a)
models
b)
paleontologist
c)
data
d)
decomposes
11.
Paleontologist _____________ find fossils.
a)
never
b)
always
c)
sometimes
100 %
