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Fossil Quiz 1

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

The science that studies fossils.

a)

embryology

b)

paleontology

c)

geology

d)

taxonomy

2.

Which of these is a trace fossil?

a)

a mark left by a dinosaur's tail

b)

a mosquito trapped in amber

c)

a mummified plant seed

d)

a frozen woolly mammoth

3.

Which of the following organisms would be most likely to fossilize when buried in sediment?

a)

an organism with a soft body

b)

an organism with a hard shell

c)

an organism with wing structures

d)

an organism with multiple legs

4.

Involves the filling of pores in a porous substance such as a bone with minerals from a solution.

a)

Mummification

b)

Petrification

c)

Permineralization

d)

Freezing

5.

The process of preserving insects in amber.

a)

Petrification

b)

Mineral replacement

c)

Permineralization

d)

Entombment

6.

Which of the following is not a requirement to become a fossil?

a)

anaerobic environment

b)

buried in sediment

c)

igneous composition

d)

hard body parts

7.

Which of the following is a type of fossil that was NOT part of an organism?

a)

an insect in amber

b)

a mummified seed

c)

a trace fossil

d)

petrified wood

8.

An impression of the original specimen in the enclosing sediment.

a)

mold

b)

cast

c)

track

d)

burrow

9.

A ____ is an object created when sediment fills a mold and becomes rock.

a)

burrow

b)

cast

c)

coprolite

d)

track

10.

When the soft tissue in plants form a carbon layer.

a)

permineralization

b)

petrification

c)

concretion

d)

carbonization

11.

Impressions of the inside of a shell.

a)

External Mold

b)

Concretion

c)

Cast

d)

Internal Mold

12.

Actual physical remains of an organism.

a)

body fossil

b)

petrification

c)

trace fossil

d)

carbonization

13.

A ____ provides valuable information about the habits and diets of the animals that left it.

a)

coprolite

b)

cast

c)

track

d)

burrow

14.

A type of fossilization where there is an actual substitution of one mineral for another.

a)

Petrification

b)

Mineral replacement

c)

Permineralization

d)

Entombment

15.

A type of fossilization where there is a substitution of one mineral for another and the filling of holes by secondary minerals.

a)

Petrification

b)

Mineral replacement

c)

Permineralization

d)

Entombment

16.

Impression of a leaf encased in a nodule.

a)

permineralization

b)

petrification

c)

concretion

d)

carbonization

17.

The environment that most fossils are formed.

a)

swamp

b)

river

c)

lake

d)

marine

18.

The substance that most fossils are composed of.

a)

gypsum

b)

calcite

c)

quartz

d)

chert

19.

The study of trace fossils.

a)

Gastronomy

b)

Taxonomy

c)

Liminology

d)

Ichnology

20.

Which of the following is not a requirement of an organism to become a fossil.

a)

have preservable body parts

b)

be buried by sediment

c)

live in a marine environment

d)

escape destruction after burial

e)

buried in an anaerobic environment