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FOSSILS QUIZ 1

Total questions: 21

Worksheet time: 16mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Cavity/ Empty space in a rock made when an organism decayed. This is a ..... fossil.

a)

cast

b)

mold

c)

original remains

2.

This fossil was produced when sediments fill in a cavity made when an object decayed

a)

cast

b)

mold

c)

original remains

3.

Remains, imprints or traces of once-living organisms

a)

water

b)

superposition

c)

fossils

4.

How are fossils created?

a)

A. Traces of organisms in mud harden

b)

B. Dead organisms are quickly buried for millions of years.

c)

C. Animals get trapped.

d)

D. All of the above

5.
All of these are related to the formation of oil or natural gas EXCEPT: 
a)
A. Decomposed Animals
b)
B. Decayed Plants
c)
C. Sedimentary Rocks
d)
D. Active Volcanoes
6.
Donna wants to make something that looks like a fossil. Which should she do?
a)
mix sand and clay and let it dry
b)
cover a seed with soil and water it
c)
push a shell into clay and pull it out
d)
wrap a leaf around a rock and freeze it
7.

Fossils of fish are found under land where cows now live. What does this tell you?

a)

the fish were dropped their by flying birds

b)

this land was once under the ocean

c)

farmers fed the fish to the cows

d)

fish used to live on land

8.
Why do bones and teeth remain as part of some fossils?
a)
they are white
b)
bones are large
c)
the parts are hard 
d)
bones decay easily
9.

These are dinosaur footprints. What is this a example of?

a)

carbon film ( extremely thin coat of carbon on rock)

b)

petrified wood

c)

permineralized remains

d)

trace fossil

10.

In which kind of rock do we usually find a fossil?

a)

sedimentary rock

b)

rock candy

c)

hard rock

11.

What would probably happen if dinosaur remains are not covered quickly?

a)

It could decay, or rot away.

b)

It would become a fossil.

c)

It would not be able to decay.

12.

What type of fossil fills a mold, and is a model of the actual organism?

a)

cast

b)

trace

c)

carbon imprint

13.

Which fossil is an impression left by the original organism?

a)

cast

b)

mold

c)

trace

d)

preserved remains

14.

What kind of fossil is this?

a)

mold

b)

cast

c)

trace

d)

amber

15.

What replaces the wood of a once-living tree to form petrified wood?

a)

amber

b)

a cast

c)

a mold

d)

minerals

16.

Fossils of fish are found under land where cows now live. What does this tell you?

a)

the fish were dropped their by flying birds

b)

this land was once under the ocean

c)

farmers fed the fish to the cows

d)

fish used to live on land

17.

What kind of fossil is this?

a)

true form

b)

mold

c)

cast

d)

trace

18.

What kind of fossil is this?

a)

carbon film ( an extremely thin coat of carbon on rock, delicate impressions of organism)

b)

body

c)

mold

d)

trace

19.

This fossil is formed when dead organism is squeezed between rocks and leaves behind the very thin carbon imprint on rock.

a)

trace

b)

carbon film

c)

mold

d)

body

20.

The types of fossils are

a)

mold, cast, carbon film, preserved remains, trace, petrified

b)

trace, cast, carbon film, preserved remains/ true forms

21.

What kind of fossil is this?

a)

petrified

b)

mold

c)

cast

d)

trace