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Rocks and Fossils

Total questions: 11

Worksheet time: 6mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which layer is the oldest?

a)

Layer A

b)

Layer D

c)

Layer F

d)

Layer C

2.

Which Layer is the youngest?

a)

Layer X

b)

Layer Z

c)

Layer W

d)

Layer Y

3.

Lava cools to create which type of rock?

a)

Metamorphic

b)

Sedimentary

c)

Igneous

4.

Which rock is made of layers?

a)

Metamorphic

b)

Igneous

c)

Sedimentary

5.

What are rocks?

a)

Soft stuff on earth

b)

Gases made of oxygen

c)

non-living solids made of minerals

d)

Frozen Liquids

6.

Fossils are likely to be made from

a)

Igneous Rock

b)

Muscle

c)

Bone

d)

Metamorphic Rock

7.

How does sedimentary rock become metamorphic?

a)

Being Burned

b)

Erosion

c)

Melting into magma

d)

Heat and Pressure

8.

What can we learn from fossils?

a)

The effect of earthquakes

b)

How living things change over time.

c)

What animals will look like in the future

9.

What happens first when a fossil is created?

a)

Bone turns to rock

b)

Soft body parts decay

c)

Years sediment pile up

d)

An animal dies

10.

What was the environment for Layer W like?

a)

A forest

b)

Underwater

c)

A desert

d)

A jungle

11.

What living things were fossilized in Layer N?

a)

Dinosaurs

b)

Monkeys

c)

Fish

d)

Plants