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Rock Layers & Fossils

Total questions: 16

Worksheet time: 9mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is sediment?

a)

A scientist who studies about fossils.

b)

The harden part of an animal that died long time ago.

c)

Different kinds of soil, rock, sand and clay that was built on fossils.

2.

Look at the diagram.

Which fossil is the youngest?

a)

A

b)

B

c)

C

d)

D

3.

Look at the diagram.

Which fossil is the oldest?

a)

A

b)

B

c)

C

d)

D

4.

What was the environment for Layer W like?

a)

A forest

b)

Underwater

c)

A desert

d)

A jungle

5.

What living things were fossilized in Layer N?

a)

Dinosaurs

b)

Monkeys

c)

Fish

d)

Plants

6.

Fossils are usually found in _____________.

a)

concrete

b)

soil

c)

grass

d)

rock

7.

Why do Paleontologist study fossils?

a)

to get rich

b)

to understand ancient life

c)

to look for fossil fuels

8.

What happens first when a fossil is created?

a)

Bone turns to rock

b)

Soft body parts decay

c)

Years sediment pile up

d)

An animal dies

9.

Trace fossils can be:

a)

foot tracks of a dinosaur

b)

insect in resin

c)

the skull of a dinosaur

10.

Body fossils are rarely found in completetion.

a)

True

b)

False

11.

This is an example of what type of fossil?

a)

Trace

b)

Mold

c)

Cast

d)

Carbonized

12.

Trilobites ______________ anymore

a)

do not exists

b)

do not exist

c)

existed

13.

What is the sticky tree sap that can harden and trap an insect called?

a)

Mold

b)

Amber

c)

Trace fossil

d)

Maple syrup

14.

A woolly mammoth looks like an

a)

rhino

b)

elephant

c)

whale

15.

What is the big cats living relative that went extinct? Hint: a cat

a)

Lion

b)

Sabretooth Cat

c)

Thylacine

d)

Tiger

16.

What animal is this?

a)

It's a sabre-toothed tiger.

b)

It's a giant ground sloth.

c)

It's a dinosaur.

d)

It's a prehistoric armadillo.