WorksheetsFossils Review
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 15mins
What type of fossil is shown here?
trace
mold
cast
permineralized/petrified
What type of fossil is shown here?
compression
mold
cast
permineralized/petrified
What type of fossil is shown here?
original remains
mold
cast
permineralized/petrified
What type of fossil is shown here?
original remains
mold
cast
permineralized/petrified
What type of fossil is shown here?
original remains
mold
cast
trace
The age of a rock compared to the ages of other rocks.
absolute
uniform
casual
relative
Fossils that are abundant, widespread, and only around for a short period of time are ____.
relative fossils
timeline fossils
index fossils
glossary fossils
Gaps in the rock layers are ___.
unconformities
faults
eons
disassociations
Older rocks are found deeper than younger rocks is the ______.
Big Bang Theory
Theory of Relativity
Law of Layers
Law of Superposition
Which layer is oldest?
f
a
c
e
What can evidence like leaf edge shape tell us about the past?
temperatures
parenting
predators
all of these
When we know the exact age of a fossil it is the _____ age.
random
approximate
relative
absolute
Organisms such as the coelacanth and opposum are very similar to how they were millions of years ago. For this reason they can be called ___.
trace fossils
living fossils
super ancestors
almost extinct
The fact that rock layers on either side of eroded areas will still “match up” is known as ___.
lateral continuity
law of superposition
relative age
absolute age
Stratigraphy is the ____.
idea of walking in a straight line
study of rock layers
study of moving plates
best way to make graphs
Which ones (pick 2) of the following can tell us about an organism's age when it dies?
rings on shells
being curled up
tree rings
mass extinctions
If you find the bones of many of the same species in an area it may mean ____.
they were solitary
they lived in herds
they were nocturnal
they are living fossils
Maiasaura probably couldn't walk very well when first born because they _____.
were too big.
didn't have big enough brains
have a lot of cartilage instead of bone.
none of these
The fact that Troödon had sharp serrated teeth tells us it was probably a ___.
vegan
omnivore
herbivore
carnivore
Which fossil is youngest
gastropod
trilobite
fern
crinoid
