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Fossils Review

Total questions: 29

Worksheet time: 28mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is a fossil?

a)

The hardened remains of a plant or animal that lived a year ago.

b)

The hardened remains of a plant or animal that lived long ago.

c)

The hardened remains of only an animal that lived long ago.

d)

The hardened remains of only a plant that lived long ago.

2.

Where will you most likely find fossils?

a)

Sedimentary rocks

b)

Metamorphic rocks

c)

Igneous rocks

d)

Moon rocks

3.

What part of an animal becomes a fossil?

a)

bones

b)

muscles

c)

hair

4.

Plant fossils are harder to find than animal fossils.

a)

True

b)

False

5.

How can scientists determine the age of a fossil?

a)

By the number of rings in it.

b)

By the rock layer they find it in.

c)

By its size.

6.

Type of fossil that is a mark in solid rock.

a)

Mold

b)

Fossil

c)

Imprint

d)

Fossil fuel

7.
Why don't we know what many ancient plants looked like? 
a)
They had too many soft parts.
b)
They were all eaten by dinosaurs.
c)
There weren't ancient plants.
d)
They had too many hard parts.
8.
_____ is any living thing, plant or animal, even you!
a)
A paleontologist
b)
An organism
c)
A fossil
d)
A rock
9.
In order for a fossil to form, which of the following events must happen FIRST?
a)
Slowly, minerals in the water replace the bone.
b)
Sediment covers the bone.
c)
An animal dies.
d)
The bone is no longer a bone, but a rock copy.
10.
What cannot be a fossil?
a)
Jewels
b)
Index
c)
Dirt
d)
Plants
11.
What can be a fossil?
a)
Dinosaur Bones
b)
Petrified Bag
c)
Fancy Fruit
d)
Old grandma clothes
12.
The diagram shows layers of sedimentary rock and examples of the fossils each layer contains, Which layer contains the oldest fossils? 
a)
A. Layer 2
b)
B. Layer 4
c)
C. Layer 1
d)
D. Layer 3
13.
According to the law of superposition, the oldest fossils are found 
a)
At the top of the rock layers
b)
Near the bottom of the rock layers
c)
In the middle of the rock layers
d)
Somewhat near the surface
14.
Look at the fossil above. Where would be the BEST place to find it?
a)
desert
b)
jungle
c)
near the ocean
d)
piedmont
15.

The _______fossil is when water seeps into the ground and minerals fill in the hollow spaced and harden.

a)

Impression

b)

Mineral Replacement

c)

Preserved

16.
this material does an excellent job of preserving insect remains
a)
cast
b)
amber
c)
mold
d)
carbon film
17.

Amber is fossilized tree _________ or resin and holds some perfectly preserved organisms like insects, birds, lizards, and a baby snake.

a)

sap

b)

leaves

18.

What type of fossil is shown here?

a)

trace

b)

mold

c)

cast

d)

permineralized/petrified

19.

What could a fossil of a tooth tell a scientist?

a)

What animal it was

b)

How big the animal was

c)

What the animal ate

d)

All of the above

20.

Why are there more animal fossils than plant fossils?

a)

The plants were trapped in volcanoes.

b)

The plant parts are softer and decompose easier.

c)

Minerals destroyed the plants.

d)

Animals ate all the plants.

21.

How long does it take fossils to form?

a)

10 days

b)

1 day

c)

Millions of years

d)

Hundreds of years

22.

What kind of fossil is this?

a)

Mold fossil

b)

Cast fossil

c)

True Form fossil

d)

Trace fossil

23.

What type of fossil is this?

a)

Imprint

b)

Mold

c)

Cast

d)

Trace

24.

Which of the following is an example of an imprint fossil?

a)
b)
c)
d)
25.

Which of the following is an example of a Cast Fossil?

a)
b)
c)
d)
26.

Petrified Fossils are...

a)

Minerals that replace bone, shell or other hard part of the organism

b)

Organism dies and becomes buried under sediment

c)

Model in the shape of a living thing or it's remains

d)

Tracks, footprints, trails

27.

Under What Conditions Do Fossils Form?

a)

Organism having soft parts like worms and die slowly

b)

Organism having hard parts (e.g., bones

or a shell) and a rapid burial following death.

c)

Organism having died 2 years ago.

d)

Organism having wings only and are uncover for a long period.

28.

What were the sequence and conditions that allowed this organism to become a fossil?

a)

The fish was taken to the top of the mountain by a big bird that lived in the past.

b)

the fish was formed at the top of the mountain by itself.

c)

That the top of the mountain once had a body

of water on it and as that water source dried up a fish was left in the mud and covered by sediment.

d)

The mountain grew fish and they died their and became fossils

29.

Fossilization sequence:

a)

replaced by minerals, buried,

dead, turned into stone, and sealed into rock.

b)

dead, buried,

replaced by minerals, turned into stone, and sealed into rock.

c)

replaced by minerals, buried,

turned into stone, and sealed into rock, dead.

d)

buried,

turned into stone, and sealed into rock, dead, replaced by minerals.