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WorksheetsInvestigation 2 I-Check
Total questions: 54
Worksheet time: 47mins
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Class
Date
1.
What is a Fossil?
a)
Any dead organism
b)
The preserved remains or traces of an organism
c)
A perfect copy of a rock
d)
None of the above
2.
Fossilized seashells that were found in the desert MOST LIKELY tell us that
a)
Sea animals live in the desert
b)
The desert was once underwater
c)
All deserts were once underwater
d)
All of the above are true
3.
Which of the following can scientists NOT interpret from examining fossils?
a)
How Earth’s environment has changed over time
b)
How plants and animals have changed over time
c)
The age of certain layers of rocks
d)
How the pull of gravity has changed
4.
How do MOST fossils form?
a)
living things die and their remains are quickly buried by sediments
b)
the hard parts of an organism dry out in the air
c)
the soft parts of an organism change to stone
d)
freezing preserves the remains of an organism
5.
The above picture shows a fossil of a palm leaf, a tropical plant. This fossil was found in the state of Alaska. How could this be explained?
a)
Alaska’s climate was once colder than it is now
b)
Alaska’s climate has always been the same
c)
Alaska’s climate was once warmer than it is now
d)
Alaska’s climate is warming up
6.
Which of the following is an example of mineral replacement?
a)
La Brea Tar Pits
b)
A Frozen Mammoth
c)
Hardened Tree Sap
d)
Petrified Wood
7.
David wants to preserve the remains of a dead caterpillar. Under what conditions would he get the best results?
a)
wet and warm temperatures
b)
wet and cool temperatures
c)
dry and freezing temperatures
d)
dry and hot temperatures
8.
What is hardened tree sap called?
a)
coprolites
b)
index fossils
c)
gastroliths
d)
amber
9.
A fossil that forms when a hollowed out impression in a rock that is the same shape as a shell fills with sediment and then hardens.
a)
cast
b)
mold
c)
trace fossil
d)
index fossil
10.
A woolly mammoth found frozen in the permafrost of Siberia is an example of...
a)
a mold
b)
an altered hard part
c)
a cast
d)
preserved remains
11.
Fossils of fish are found under land where cows now live. What does this tell you?
a)
the fish were dropped their by flying birds
b)
this land was once under the ocean
c)
farmers fed the fish to the cows
d)
fish used to live on land
12.
Why do bones and teeth remain as part of some fossils?
a)
they are white
b)
bones are large
c)
the parts are hard
d)
bones decay easily
13.
Older fossils are found
a)
At the top
b)
At the bottom
c)
In the middle
14.
. In order to form a fossil, an organism must usually ______ quickly after it dies.
a)
Decompose
b)
Go extinct
c)
Rot
d)
Be buried
15.
Can there be a fish fossil on a desert mountain and why
a)
Yes
b)
No
c)
Yes because the climate could have changed overtime
d)
No because the earth always stays the same
16.
Fossils are usually found in
a)
igneous rock
b)
extrusions
c)
intrusions
d)
sedimentary rock
17.
Scientists who study fossils are called
a)
Geologists
b)
Paleontologists
c)
Fossil Scientists
d)
Meteorologists
18.
What types of fossils are shown in the picture?
a)
Petrified Fossils
b)
Trace Fossils
c)
Cast and Mold Fossils
d)
Carbonized
19.
What is hardened tree sap called?
a)
coprolites
b)
index fossils
c)
gastroliths
d)
amber
20.
Fossils that haven't changed over time, all tissues are still intact.
a)
index fossils
b)
trace fossils
c)
petrified fossils
d)
preserved remains
21.
A fossil is...
a)
a radioactive element used to determine the age of a rock layer
b)
the remains or evidence of a once-living organism
c)
only the hard parts of a organism
d)
only found in ice
22.
The breaking down of rock is...
a)
erosion
b)
landslide
c)
movement
d)
weathering
23.
The carrying away of broken down rock is...
a)
gravity
b)
weathering
c)
erosion
d)
water
24.
What type of fossil is this?
a)
true form
b)
cast
c)
mold
d)
trace
25.
What type of fossil is this?
a)
cast
b)
true form
c)
mold
d)
trace
26.
This amber fossil is formed by...
a)
organisms trapped in wax
b)
organisms trapped in clay
c)
organisms trapped in glue
d)
organisms trapped in sap
27.
What can fossils tell us?
a)
How Earth has changed
b)
How Earth's surface has changed
c)
What past environments were like
d)
All of these
28.
If a fish fossil is found on the top of a mountain, then this can tell us what?
a)
The fish swam up a river
b)
The mountain is short
c)
There was a shore on the mountain
d)
At one point, the mountain was underwater
29.
A cast is a solid copy of an organism.
a)
False
b)
True
30.
Which animal part would MOST LIKELY form a fossil?
a)
fur
b)
lung
c)
bone
d)
muscle
31.
This is a low place in between two hills or mountains.
a)
Canyon
b)
Valley
c)
Desert
d)
Lake
32.
A landmass with an elevation higher than a hill.
a)
Ocean
b)
Gulf
c)
Mountain
d)
Valley
33.
A deep valley with steep walls that cut into the earth caused by erosion from running water.
a)
Valley
b)
Canyon
c)
Gulf
d)
River
34.
Rain washing away soil from a hillside
a)
Weathering
b)
Erosion
c)
Deposition
35.
Layers of sediment forming at the bottom of the ocean floor
a)
Weathering
b)
Erosion
c)
Deposition
36.
Waves dropping sand on the beach
a)
Weathering
b)
Erosion
c)
Deposition
37.
Deltas forming at the mouths of rivers
a)
Weathering
b)
Erosion
c)
Deposition
38.
Water getting into cracks, freezing, and breaking the rocks or pavement apart
a)
Weathering
b)
Erosion
c)
Deposition
39.
Wind blowing sand from one location to another
a)
Weathering
b)
Erosion
c)
Deposition
40.
Wind blasting sand at rock and carving out arches
a)
Weathering
b)
Erosion
c)
Deposition
41.
Glaciers scraping rocks across the earth’s surface
a)
Weathering
b)
Erosion
c)
Deposition
42.
What is EROSION?
a)
the movement of sediments
b)
the breaking down of sediments
c)
the dropping of sediments
d)
squeeze
43.
What is DEPOSITION?
a)
hold
b)
the breaking down of sediments
c)
the movement of sediments
d)
the dropping of sediments
44.
What is this landform?
a)
canyon
b)
hills
c)
mountain
d)
delta
45.
What is this landform?
a)
Plain
b)
Delta
c)
Canyon
d)
Valley
46.
What is this landform?
a)
mountain
b)
delta
c)
valley
d)
plain
47.
What is this landform?
a)
mountain
b)
valley
c)
delta
d)
hills
48.
A fan-shaped deposit formed when a fast flowing stream flows out onto dry land.
a)
valley
b)
lava
c)
alluvial fan
49.
The movement of pieces of weathered rock by water, wind, ice, or gravity.
a)
erosion
b)
mountains
c)
delta
50.
The process by which eroded materials settle out in another place.
a)
deposition
b)
erosion
c)
landslide
51.
A fan-shaped deposit at the mouth of a river.
a)
delta
b)
creep
c)
valley
52.
______________________ are special shapes found in the land.
a)
community
b)
landform
c)
citizenship
53.
A bowl shaped area of land surrounded by higher land is a...
a)
basin
b)
canyon
c)
mesa
d)
delta
54.
A stream table is a _____________ of the effects of depositon and erosion.
a)
map
b)
model
c)
process
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