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WorksheetsFossils revision
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 8mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
Fossils are preserved remains or evidence of ancient living things.
a)
True
b)
False
2.
What are the type of organisms that are more likely to form fossils?
a)
Dinosaurs
b)
Fish
c)
Bacteria
d)
plants
3.
A cast is an impression in a rock left by an ancient organism
a)
True
b)
False
4.
Petrified wood is an example of which method of preservation?
a)
Preserved remains
b)
Carbon films
c)
Molds
d)
Trace fossils
5.
Preserved remains are a preserved evidence of the activity of an organism
a)
False
b)
True
6.
The scientist that studies fossils is called
a)
paleontologist
b)
chemist
c)
biologist
d)
geologist
7.
uniformitarianism is
"The idea that conditions and organisms on earth change in a quick and violent event"
"The idea that conditions and organisms on earth change in a quick and violent event"
a)
False
b)
True
8.
catastrophism is
"geologic processes that occur today are similar to those that occurred in the past"
"geologic processes that occur today are similar to those that occurred in the past"
a)
False
b)
True
9.
How was the climate in the age of dinosaurs?
a)
Cold and dry
b)
tropical and warm
c)
dry and hot
d)
constantly changing
10.
Which conditions aid in the formation of fossils?
a)
hard parts an slow burial
b)
hard parts and rapid burial
c)
soft parts and rapid burial
d)
soft parts and slow burial
11.
An organism that no longer lives is called?
a)
Decayed
b)
Evolved
c)
Extinct
d)
Preserved
12.
Plants are often preserved as?
a)
Preserved remains
b)
Carbon films
c)
Mineral replacement
d)
Trace fossils
13.
What human body system can be fossilized?
a)
Teeth and bones
b)
Flush and blood
c)
skin and hair
d)
respiratory system
14.
compare the following two trace fossils. Which animal was running?
a)
A
b)
B
15.
"the present is the key to the past"
This sentence agrees with which principle?
This sentence agrees with which principle?
a)
catastrophism
b)
uniformitarianism
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