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Biological Evolution 3rd Grade Unit 4

Total questions: 19

Worksheet time: 18mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

An ecosystem is made up of

a)

biotic factors

b)

abiotic factors

c)

forests

d)

both abiotic and biotic factors

2.

Animals, plants, and bacteria are examples of

a)

biotic factors

b)

abiotic factors

c)

variations

d)

adaptations

3.

Sunlight, air, and water are examples of

a)

biotic factors

b)

variations

c)

adaptations

d)

abiotic factors

4.

How can an organism respond to a change in the ecosystem?

a)

It can move to a new place.

b)

It can adapt to the change.

c)

It can die and become extinct.

d)

All of the above

5.

Fossils form in what type of rock?

a)

igneous

b)

metamorphic

c)

sedimentary

d)

casts

6.

A fly in hardened amber is an example of

a)

mineralization

b)

preservation

c)

imprint

d)

cast

7.

Dinosaur tracks are what type of fossil?

a)

imprint

b)

cast

c)

preservation

d)

mineralization

8.

An woolly mammoth is frozen in a sheet of ice. This is an example of

a)

mineralization

b)

preservation

c)

imprint

d)

cast

9.

When minerals replace the hard structures and leaves behind a 3D fossil, this is called

a)

imprint

b)

mineralization

c)

preservation

d)

molds

10.

When an organism decomposes and leaves behind an empty space, it also leaves behind a ____________ of what it used to look like.

a)

cast

b)

imprint

c)

photo

d)

adaptation

11.

The place where an organism lives

a)

ocean

b)

forest

c)

habitat

d)

ecosystem

12.

Fossils at the top of a cliff will be _____________ than the fossils at the bottom.

a)

younger

b)

older

c)

the same age

d)

dead

13.

Fossils at the bottom of a cliff will be _____________ than the fossils at the top.

a)

younger

b)

older

c)

the same age

d)

dead

14.

What do we know about an environment where palm leaf fossils are found?

a)

It once was a very warm and moist environment.

b)

It once used to be very cold and snowy there.

c)

It once was covered in ocean.

d)

We cannot conclude anything about this environment.

15.

If an organism dies, and leaves behind an imprint, this is an example of a

a)

cast

b)

mold

c)

bone

d)

variation

16.

Which is a mold?

a)
b)
c)
17.

Water temperature is what type of factor?

a)

biotic

b)

abiotic

18.

What is the variation in corals?

a)

They are prettier.

b)

They are bigger.

c)

They prefer different temperatures.

d)

They are different colors.

19.

A spike in water temperature will cause the coral population to

a)

decrease

b)

increase

c)

stay the same