WorksheetsFossils
Total questions: 18
Worksheet time: 14mins
Most fossils are found in ____________ rocks.
Metamorphic
Igneous
Sedimentary
Obsidian
Shallow prints or marks left in solid rock or in the ground are called
imprint
mold
cast
amber amber
Fossils are often found in hardened tree sap called
imprint
amber
mold
cast
Which of the following animals are extinct
elphant
deer
wooly mammoth
whale
Which animal part would MOST LIKELY form a fossil?
muscle
skull
fur
feathers
For a living thing to become a fossil, the living thing must
have a skeleton
have a hard outer shell
die by drowning in water
be dead for a very long time
If you found a rock with fossils in it, you would know that the rock was probably formed
by a volcano
beneath layers of rock
near the center of the Earth
near a mountain
What living thing does the fossil contain?
plant
dinosuar
insect
bear
Which of the following can become fossils?
imprints of plants
remains of animals
footprints of animals
all of these
Dinosaurs are extinct but scientists study them. What can they find to prove dinosaurs lived?
fossils
maps
newspapers
internet
Which of the following statements is true?
Fossils tell only about animals that lived on land and water.
Fossils tell only about plants and animals that lived on land
Fossils tell about land and water plants and animals
Fossils tell only about plants and animals that lived in the water
Meera is a paleontologist. She wants to learn about how an animal moved. Which is true?
She can not learn about how the animal moved.
Bones tell about how an animal moved.
Animals move same way. She doesn't need to study the fossils.
Teeth tell about how an animal moved.
Which of the following is true about fossils?
Most dead animals and plants form fossils.
All dead animals and plants form fossils.
About half of dead animals and plants form fossils.
Only a small amount of dead animals and plants form fossils.
A scientist who studies fossils and organisms that lived long ago is called a:
Biologist
Scatologist
Paleontologist
Geologist Geologist
What can you tell from an animal's droppings?
What color they were
What they ate
How big their children were
How many legs they walked on How many legs they walked on
A paleontologist finds a fossil of a fish on a mountain. She can infer that the area was once
Underwater
A desert
Much colder
Much warmer Much warmer
Which type of animal is found in this fossil?
trilobite
zebra
fish
plant
Sherlyn wants to make something that looks like a fossil. Which should she do?
Wrap a leaf around a rock and freeze it
Cover a seed with soil and water it
Push a shell into clay and pull it out
Mix sand with clay and let it dry
