WorksheetsFossils
Total questions: 14
Worksheet time: 9mins
Which of the following can scientists learn from a fossil of a shark's tooth?
how good the shark's eyesight was
how large the shark was
what the shark ate just before it died
how fast the shark swam
A Paleontologist finds a fossil of a fish on top of a mountain. She can infer that the area was once
a desert
underwater
much colder
much warmer
The real or actual object is
a fossil
amber
authentic
petrified
A living animal, plant, or single-celled life-form is an
fossil
organism
dinosaur
cast
Long ago, small organisms became trapped in sticky tree sap that hardened. What is the hardened sap called?
amber
a cast
humus
an imprint
When fossilized trees have turned into rock, they are called
casts
imprints
molds
petrified
A ___________ is the preserved remains of a plant or animal that lived long ago.
paleontologist
fossil
glacier
mineral
A __________ is a scientist that studies fossils.
chemist
doctor
paleontologist
geologist
What could the fossil of a tooth tell us about an animal from long ago?
how many babies it had
where it lived
if it snowed
what the animal might have eaten
Which of these is a fossil?
a large fish
a dinosaur bone
a young tree
a mouse
Fossils are found mostly in
animals
trees
water
rocks
Number these steps in the order that they occur to form a fossil
1, 2, 3
3, 2, 1
3, 1, 2
Fossils of fish are found under land where cows now live. You know that
this land was once under the ocean
fish used to live on land
the fish were dropped by flying birds
farmers fed the fish to cows
Which of the following is NOT something paleontologists can learn from studying fossils?
they can look at a shark's tooth to determine how large the shark was.
a fossil of a tooth can tell us what an animal might have eaten
what the organism likes to do for fun
if they find the fossil of a fish on a mountain, she can infer that the environment was once underwater.
