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Adel #4 science chapter 5 lesson 4 ##

Total questions: 33

Worksheet time: 17mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
.....is the remains or mark of an animal or plant that lived long ago.
a)
plants
b)
fossil
c)
extinct 
2.
Means no longer exist !
a)
 extinct 
b)
bones
c)
footprints
3.
fossil helps learn about .............species .
a)
existing 
b)
extinct
c)
footprints
d)
living
4.
Sediments !!
a)
 the buried plants or animals . 
b)
the  remains of animals and plants 
c)
bits of rock ,sand ,shell,and other materials that hidden into rock .
d)
space in rock in the shape of a living thing 
5.
Only the hard parts of  animals become fossils !
a)
true
b)
false
6.
Bones and shells of animals decay .
a)
true
b)
false
7.
 the soft parts of animals decay .
a)
true
b)
false
8.
What kind of fossil best help scientists answer questions about how fast an animal moved ??
a)
body fossil
b)
cast fossil
c)
amber fossil 
d)
trace fossil 
9.
A fossil formed in a tar pit is different from other fossils because it ......................
a)
includes soft parts of the body 
b)
is made of bones 
c)
is made of hardened minerals
d)
is preserved in amber 
10.
Mud settled around the remains of an animal and hardened into rock . What kind of fossil was formed ?? 
a)
amber fossil 
b)
cast fossil
c)
mold fossil 
d)
body fossil 
11.
Minerals from surrounding rocks harden into the shape of  the mold . this kind of fossil is .......................
a)
mold fossil 
b)
cast fossil
c)
trace fossil 
d)
body fossil
12.
Cast fossils are animals bones and remains!
a)
true
b)
false
13.
the hardened minerals  that filled mold fossil  form a .................
a)
cast fossil
b)
body fossil
c)
trace fossil
14.
Dinosaur bones that  come from cast fossil  are ...........
a)
body fossil
b)
hardened minerals
c)
trace fossil 
15.
............... help preserve the shape of the buried animal !
a)
sediments 
b)
Earth's surface
c)
 animals soft body parts 
16.
Scientist may find fossils  at the Earth's surface , when ...........
a)
more layers of sediments form 
b)
 the  rock layers above the fossil wear away by time 
c)
minerals harden in the shape of the fossil 
17.
Give clues about a living thing's activities !
a)
trace fossil 
b)
mold fossil 
c)
body fossil
d)
cast fossil
18.
 What is NOT  an example of trace fossil ?
a)
footprints or tracks
b)
nests and eggshells 
c)
bones 
d)
burrows
19.
Is NOT a body fossil !!
a)
trace fossil
b)
mold fossil
c)
cast fossil
20.
Both molds  and casts are body  fossils .
a)
true
b)
false
21.
Casts and molds are formed from the body parts of a living thing .
a)
true
b)
false
22.
Footprints are cast fossils .
a)
true
b)
false
23.
cast fossil help learn where an animal lived and what it ate .
a)
true
b)
false
24.
 An  insect's whole body is preserved in ..........
a)
Amber
b)
tar pits 
c)
trace fossil
25.
Is hardened sap  that once surrounded an insect!
a)
 tar pits
b)
amber 
c)
cast fossil 
d)
mold fossil
26.
Are oily pools that exist on Earth's surface.
a)
amber 
b)
molds 
c)
casts
d)
tar pits 
27.
Tar pits can preserve both hard and soft parts of animal's body.
a)
true
b)
false
28.
Only bones and teeth  remain in tar pits .
a)
true
b)
false
29.
A space in rock in the shape of  a living thing  is a .............
a)
cast fossil
b)
mold fossil
c)
trace fossil
d)
amber
30.
Sediments may fill that fossil !!!
a)
cast fossil 
b)
amber
c)
mold fossil 
d)
trace fossil 
31.
Is a fossil that formed from the tree sap !!
a)
amber
b)
tar pit 
c)
trace fossil
d)
cast fossil
32.
Are trace fossils !!
a)
bones
b)
teeth
c)
sediments
d)
footprints
33.
Which kind of fossil that preserve the hard and soft parts of an animal ??
a)
a trace fossil 
b)
 a fossil in  tar pits 
c)
a cast fossil 
d)
a fossil in an amber