WorksheetsFossils
Total questions: 12
Worksheet time: 6mins
Which type of rock are fossils found in?
Igneous rock
Sedimentary rock
Metamorphic rock
All rocks
Which statement is true?
Layer C is the oldest
Layer B is older than Layer C
Layer B is older than Layer A
Layer A is the youngest
What conclusions could you make about the environment where this fossil formed?
It might have been a grassland.
It was under water.
It was snowy and cold.
It was a desert.
Scientists who study fossils are called
Paleontologists
Geologists
Fossil Scientists
Which layer is oldest?
G
A
Y
Z
Fossils are most often preserved in?
amber
ice
rock
tar pits
Coal is made from
igneous rock
metamorphic rock
remains of organisms
magma
Fossils such as _________________ provide evidence of past life and environmental conditions
footprints and shells
hieroglyphics
rocks and sand
rare minerals
Scientist have found large groups of fossils of marine organisms on mountaintops. What does this tell scientists about the past?
That these organisms left the ocean and climbed to the top of an inland mountain to die.
That these rocks must have been moved there by some one else.
That these rocks were always above the surface of an ocean.
That these rocks were once below the surface of the ocean.
Fossils are the remains of an animal or plant that lived long ago. What can fossils tell us?
What the world looks like today.
What the world will look like next year.
What the world looked like millions of years ago.
True or False: Every animal that once lived on Earth became a fossil.
True
False
Which fossil layer is the youngest?
Layer 1
Layer 2
Layer 3
Layer 4
