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WorksheetsSWYK LGA- Fossils
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 10mins
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Class
Date
1.
Scientists who study fossils are called
a)
Geologists
b)
Paleontologists
c)
Fossil Scientists
d)
Meteorologists
2.
Which is an example of a trace fossil?
a)
animal tracks
b)
coprolite (animal droppings)
c)
burrows
d)
all of the answers given here
3.
What is a fossil?
a)
the remains or physical evidence of an organism preserved by geologic processes
b)
fossils can be preserved in rock, amber, asphalt, or ice
c)
any naturally preserved evidence of animal activity
d)
fossil of an organism that lived during a relatively short period of time
4.
Fossilized tracks or other evidence of activity of an organism.
a)
trail
b)
trace
c)
index
d)
absolute
5.
Which of the following would NOT help an organism become fossilized?
a)
shell
b)
skeleton
c)
buried quickly with sediment
d)
soft body parts
6.
Which layer is oldest?
a)
A
b)
W
c)
G
d)
Z
7.
What kind of fossil is this?
a)
Mold fossil
b)
Cast fossil
c)
True Form fossil
d)
Trace fossil
8.
Footprints, nests, and eggs are all examples of what kind of fossils?
a)
Mold fossil
b)
Cast fossil
c)
Trace fossil
d)
True Form fossil
9.
Extinct means
a)
A dead animal has become fossilized.
b)
There is no more of a species left.
c)
Permineralization has occured within the fossil.
d)
The fossil has become petrified.
10.
Which of the following can we NOT learn from fossils?
a)
how animals communicated with each other
b)
how the environment has changed
c)
how species have changed
d)
extinct species
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