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fossils

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 19mins

Name

Class

Date

Where are most fossils found?

A. In sand dunes

B. In volcanoes

C. In igneous rocks

D. In sedimentary rocks

How are fossils created?

A. Traces of organisms harden like rock.

B. Dead organisms are quickly buried for millions of years.

C. Animals get trapped.

D. All of the above

Produced when sediments fill in a cavity made when an object decayed

cast

mold

original remains

Cavity in a rock made when an organism decayed

cast

mold

original remains

Principle that Earth's processes occurring today are similar to those that occurred in the past

unconformities

uniformitariansim

superposition

Fossil of thin layer of carbon atoms and molecules

original remains

carbon film

trace fossil

People who study fossils are called ____.

meterologists

fossilologists

paleontologists

What are the remains of once living things called?

amber

fossils

species

extinct

Fossils give clues about the past.

True

False

10.

Which of the following is an example of a fossil?

A living woolly mammoth.

A leaf that just fell off a tree.

An imprint of a leaf from thousands of years ago.

A recently buried shark.

11.

Which of these is NOT a fossil?

footprints left by an animal thousands of years ago.

a leaf print from thousands of years ago.

a picture of an animal from long ago.

the remains of a dinosaur that have turned to stone.

12.

The idea that conditions on Earth change in quick, violent events...

catastrophism

uniformitarianism

13.

A scientist finds footprints in a fossilized stream bed. This is a ________.

carbon film

mineral replacement

cast fossil

trace fossil

14.

Fossils could provide evidence for....

relationships between past organisms and current organisms

past organisms only

current organisms only

15.

What type of fossil is this?

Mold fossil

Cast fossil

True Form fossil

Trace Fossil

16.

What kind of fossil is this?

Mold Fossil

Cast Fossil

True Form Fossil

Trace Fossil

17.

What kind of fossils are these?

Mold fossils

Cast fossils

True Form fossils

Trace fossils

18.

What kind of fossil is this?

Mold fossil

Cast fossil

True Form fossil

Trace fossil

19.

This kind of fossil leaves behind evidence of an animal's behavior or activity.

Mold fossil

Cast fossil

Trace fossil

True Form fossil

20.

20. this type of fossil is created when an organism's tissue is replaced by minerals

Molds

Casts

Carbon films

Mineral replacement

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fossils

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 19mins

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