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Total questions: 11
Worksheet time: 7mins
A preserved piece of animal/plant can be called a fossil if it's at last how many years old?
1,000
10,000
100,000
Approx. when has the first fossil been discovered?
500 million y. ago
1 billion y. ago
3 billion y. ago
An organism is UNLIKELY to be preserved as a fossil if ...
it has a skeleton.
it is a soft-bodied creature.
it has a shell.
Which type of fossil preserves no living matter but instead preserves signs of life such as footprints?
Bone
Trace
Shell
Which is NOT a factor that affects fossilization?
Hard and soft body parts
Age of the organism
Predators destroying the body
Fish fossils have been found in some places where there is no longer any water e.g. on mountain tops. What is the BEST explanation for why the fish fossils were found in these places?
Those fish lived once on land.
Those places were once covered by water.
Fossils caused the water to dry up.
Take a look at the layers of earth and the fossils in each layer. What comment can you make about the change in the environment?
The environment changed from salt water to fresh water.
The environment changed from land to salt water.
The environment changed from underwater to land.
Fossils of a now extinct dinosaur have been found near the east coast of South America and the west coast of Africa. The dinosaur could not swim or fly. What does this suggest about the continents of South America and Africa?
The same type of animals evolved on both continents.
Prehistoric men transported the animals between the two continents.
The continents were once connected.
Next to mineralisations, traces and compressions, what other type of fossil is there?
Conservation
Moulds and casts
Prints
What type of fossil does the following image present?
Mould and cast
body fossil (mineralisation)
Mummy
What type of product has developed in the image?
Fossil
Preserved remain
Mummy
