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Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 5mins
What are fossils?
a. They are remains of living things from centuries ago.
b. They are fresh remains from a few months ago.
c. They are what is left after the rain.
Which of these things could become a fossil?
a. a plant
b. a snail
c. fish
d. all of the above
What is amber?
a. Insects were caught inside tree sap become hardened and then ocean water filled the gap.
b. A sap made in a tree.
c. A substance that looks like sugar.
What does the word "petrified" mean in this passage?
a. It means something that turns to marble.
b. It means something "turned to stone," and minerals filled in the parts that so long ago was bone.
c. It means scared out of your mind.
A living thing that was "mummified" had to be perfectly _____?
a. dried
b. wet
c. buried
d. petrified
What is the name given to a scientist who studies fossils?
(a)
A mold is an imprint made by the outside of a dead plant or animal. Explain how a mold is form?
a. A mold form when water washes animal or plant remains out of the rock. Sometimes sediment or minerals fill a mold and form a cast.
b. A mold forms when water gets in causes spots on the wall.
c. A mold forms when you don't clean your a/c unit enough.
Define the terms excavate.
(a)
In paragraph Five, name TWO things living things can be covered with.
a. sediment
b. tiny stones
c. coal
d. all of the above
Name TWO examples of trace fossils.
a. tracks and burrows
b. worm holes and sand dunes
c. sediment and coal
