WorksheetsFossils Brainpop Jr.
Total questions: 11
Worksheet time: 6mins
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1.
Scientists found groups of fossil footprints. What could this discovery show?
a)
These animals might have lived in the ocean.
b)
These animals might have traveled in groups.
c)
These animals might have lived alone.
2.
Scientists found this fossil shell in a desert. What did this tell them about the Earth’s history?
a)
This animal used to live in the desert.
b)
This animal used to have legs.
c)
Water used to cover what is now a desert.
3.
Which animal is extinct?
a)
Tigers
b)
Polar Bears
c)
Dodo Birds
4.
What is a paleontologist?
a)
A famous singer
b)
A scientist who studies fossils.
c)
A tool used to dig.
5.
What kind of food do you think this animal mostly ate?
a)
Plants
b)
Meat
c)
Insects
6.
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
7.
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.
8.
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.
9.
Fossils form ....
a)
quickly
b)
over a few years
c)
over a few months
d)
over thousands of years.
10.
When a living thing dies, it DECOMPOSES and rots away. What does DECOMPOSE mean?
a)
To grow bigger
b)
To break down
c)
To survive
11.
What could scientists learn from studying an animal’s fossilized droppings?
a)
What color it was
b)
How well it could see
c)
What kind of food it ate
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