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Fossils Review

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 15mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What type of fossil is shown here?

a)

trace

b)

mold

c)

cast

d)

permineralized/petrified

2.

What type of fossil is shown here?

a)

compression

b)

mold

c)

cast

d)

permineralized/petrified

3.

What type of fossil is shown here?

a)

original remains

b)

mold

c)

cast

d)

permineralized/petrified

4.

What type of fossil is shown here?

a)

original remains

b)

mold

c)

cast

d)

permineralized/petrified

5.

What type of fossil is shown here?

a)

original remains

b)

mold

c)

cast

d)

trace

6.

The age of a rock compared to the ages of other rocks.

a)

absolute

b)

uniform

c)

casual

d)

relative

7.

Fossils that are abundant, widespread, and only around for a short period of time are ____.

a)

relative fossils

b)

timeline fossils

c)

index fossils

d)

glossary fossils

8.

Gaps in the rock layers are ___.

a)

unconformities

b)

faults

c)

eons

d)

disassociations

9.

Older rocks are found deeper than younger rocks is the ______.

a)

Big Bang Theory

b)

Theory of Relativity

c)

Law of Layers

d)

Law of Superposition

10.

Which layer is oldest?

a)

f

b)

a

c)

c

d)

e

11.

What can evidence like leaf edge shape tell us about the past?

a)

temperatures

b)

parenting

c)

predators

d)

all of these

12.

When we know the exact age of a fossil it is the _____ age.

a)

random

b)

approximate

c)

relative

d)

absolute

13.

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 ___.

a)

trace fossils

b)

living fossils

c)

super ancestors

d)

almost extinct

14.

The fact that rock layers on either side of eroded areas will still “match up” is known as ___.

a)

lateral continuity

b)

law of superposition

c)

relative age

d)

absolute age

15.

Stratigraphy is the ____.

a)

idea of walking in a straight line

b)

study of rock layers

c)

study of moving plates

d)

best way to make graphs

16.

Which ones (pick 2) of the following can tell us about an organism's age when it dies?

a)

rings on shells

b)

being curled up

c)

tree rings

d)

mass extinctions

17.

If you find the bones of many of the same species in an area it may mean ____.

a)

they were solitary

b)

they lived in herds

c)

they were nocturnal

d)

they are living fossils

18.

Maiasaura probably couldn't walk very well when first born because they _____.

a)

were too big.

b)

didn't have big enough brains

c)

have a lot of cartilage instead of bone.

d)

none of these

19.

The fact that Troödon had sharp serrated teeth tells us it was probably a ___.

a)

vegan

b)

omnivore

c)

herbivore

d)

carnivore

20.

Which fossil is youngest

a)

gastropod

b)

trilobite

c)

fern

d)

crinoid