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Utah 4th Grade Fossil

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 5mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

When an animal is preserved so completely, even the soft tissues and hair stay intact.

a)

Mineral Replacement

b)

Preserved Organisms

c)

Impression

2.

This fossil is formed when something is pressed into clay or mud leaving an indentation.

a)

Mineral Replacement

b)

Preserved Organisms

c)

Impression

3.

This fossil is formed when water seeps into the ground and minerals fill the hollow space left after decomposition, turning the hollow space into stone.

a)

Mineral Replacement

b)

Preserved Organism

c)

Impression

4.

Fossils help us learn about how organisms lived in ancient times.

a)

True

b)

False

5.

We learn from fossils that Earth has never changed.

a)

True

b)

False

6.

Fossils are usually the soft tissues and hair of organisms.

a)

True

b)

False

7.

The only type of rock that fossils are found in is sedimentary rock.

a)

True

b)

False

8.

Petrified wood deposits found in Utah teach us that....

a)

Indians used wood to cook.

b)

Utah used to be a swampland.

c)

There was a big fire in the forest.

d)

Dinosaurs ate wood for dinner.

9.

What clues were found that helped us know about Lake Bonneville.

a)

Marine fossils and shore lines were discovered

b)

Utah Raptor fossils were discovered.

c)

It was written on cave walls.

d)

Petrified wood was found.

10.

What is a Trilobite?

a)

A dinosaur discovered in Utah.

b)

A Sabor tooth Tiger that was preserved in ice

c)

An extinct marine fossil arthropod.

d)

The trail in Utah where dinosaur footprints were found.