WorksheetsEarth's Landscapes
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 5mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
What evidence was found that this place was once under the ocean?
a)
a shark tooth
b)
ancient saltwater
c)
dinosaur skeleton
d)
an old boat
2.
What provides evidence of past life?
a)
microscope
b)
books
c)
weather data
d)
fossils
3.
Where did the silt surrounding the fossils come from?
a)
mountains
b)
ocean
c)
plains
d)
glacier
4.
What do these fossils provide evidence for?
a)
whales were once found here
b)
an ocean was once found here
c)
dinosaurs were once found here
d)
none of the above
5.
What is a rock layer with lots of skeletons called?
a)
bone bed
b)
bone pile
c)
river bed
d)
biological layer
6.
Which rocks are the youngest in this photo?
a)
the rocks at the top
b)
the rocks at the bottom
c)
the rocks on the right side
d)
the rocks on the left side
7.
How do scientists accurately determine how old a fossil is?
a)
count rings
b)
radiocarbon dating
c)
radio waves
d)
compare to other fossils
8.
What formed the Grand Canyon?
a)
a river
b)
dinosaurs
c)
a glacier
d)
humans
9.
What is the study of fossils called?
a)
dinosaur science
b)
fossilology
c)
paleontology
d)
archaeology
10.
Which of these caused the Sharktooth Hill bone bed to form?
a)
a river stopped and started flowing
b)
volcanic eruption
c)
sharks ate all the animals
d)
major earthquake
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