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Total questions: 18
Worksheet time: 8mins
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Class
Date
1.
____________________ is a scientist who studies fossils.
a)
paleontologist
b)
fossil
c)
preserved
d)
extinct
2.
A _____________________ is the remains or evidence of an ancient organism.
a)
paleontologist
b)
fossil
c)
preserved
d)
extinct
3.
When something is _____________________ it no longer exists.
a)
paleontologist
b)
fossil
c)
preserved
d)
extinct
4.
Something _____________________ has been kept from harm or change.
a)
paleontologist
b)
fossil
c)
preserved
d)
extinct
5.
A _____________________ is an extinct ocean shellfish.
a)
paleontologist
b)
fossil
c)
Trilobite
d)
extinct
6.
Why is it important to study fossils?
a)
Fossils are evidence of organisms that lived long ago.
b)
Fossils are fortune tellers.
c)
Fossils are fun to study.
d)
Fossils are found everywhere in the world.
7.
Which would be an example of a fossil?
a)
Sedimentary Rock
b)
Oyster Pearl
c)
Dinosaur Footprint
d)
Rotting Log
8.
What evidence shows that parts of Utah were once the sea floor of an ancient ocean?
a)
Mammoth fossils found in caves.
b)
Saber tooth tiger claws found in rocks.
c)
Trilobites found in limestone.
d)
Cooper and gold found in mines.
9.
Why are the soft parts of a shark’s body not preserved in a fossil?
a)
They are squeezed out when the shark is buried.
b)
They are not made of mineral or rock.
c)
They cannot be changed to rock.
d)
They rot before fossilization can occur.
10.
Where are prehistoric animals preserved as whole animals?
a)
In Sedimentary Rock
b)
In amber
c)
In limestone
d)
In oceans
11.
Which Rock type would be best to find fossils?
a)
Igneous Rock
b)
Sedimentary Rock
c)
Metamorphic Rock
12.
Which of the following animals used to live in Utah but does not now?
a)
buffalo
b)
mountain lion
c)
mammoth
d)
dog
13.
Dinosaur fossils and coal found in Emery and Uintah County indicate that parts of Utah were____________.
a)
tropical and swampy
b)
hot and dry
c)
hot and wet
d)
cold and wet
14.
Mineral Replacement → The process of an organism’s hard parts being dissolved and replaced by other minerals.
a)
true
b)
false
15.
Climate → A pattern of weather over a period of time
a)
true
b)
false
16.
Impression →A mark or design made on a surface by pressure
a)
ture
b)
false
17.
Extinction → Loss of an entire type of organism
a)
true
b)
false
18.
Tropical → Very hot and dry climate
a)
true
b)
false
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