WorksheetsFootprints From The Past
Total questions: 37
Worksheet time: 19mins
Which of these are the problem faced in fossil exploration?
Expensive entrance to museum
Fossil smugglers
Hot weather
Too many fossils around
What does extinct mean?
a. something is smelly
b. something no longer exists
c. both are correct
The preserved remains or evidence of ancient living things...
clay
fossils
igneous rocks
silt
The word dinosaur means "terrible lizards".
TRUE
FALSE
The plates on the stegosaurus' back would mostly be for...
Flying
Attracting a mate
Balance
Defense
An animal that eat both plants and meat are called _______.
Herbivore
Omnivore
Carnivore
How many continents are found on Earth?
3
7
9
5
Which continent is this?
Asia
Africa
Antartica
Australia
How would a triceratops protect themself?
By running away
The 3 horns on its head
By farting
Which order do the eras occur?
Jurassic, Triassic, Borassic
Cretaceous, Triassic, Jurassic
Jurassic, Triassic, Cretaceous
Triassic, Jurassic, Cretaceous
In which era do we currently live?
Jurassic
Mesozoic
Paleozoic
Cenozoic
We have seven continents at the present time.
TRUE
FALSE
MAYBE
I DON'T KNOW.
Which does not belong to the continent?
Asia
Africa
Antarctica
Pacific
How long ago was the cretaceous period
70 million years ago
40 million years ago
65 million years ago
255 million years ago
90 million years ago
Where there sharks in the cretaceous period
Yes
No
Dinosaurs means ...........
Terrible dogs
Terrible lizards
Terrible cats
Terrible goats
The dinosaurs existed within _________ periods.
2
3
4
5
What is the name of the third and last dinosaur age?
The Triassic period
today
The Jurassic period
The Cretaceous period
What was the possible cause of the change of climate and ended the age of the dinosaurs?
a comet
a tornado
a meteorite
an earthquake
What was the name of the period which existed 135 million years ago?
Triassic
Jurassic
Arabian
Permian
What was the name of the period which existed 200 million years ago?
Jurassic
Cretaceous
Triassic
Pangea
Which were larger?
meat eaters
plant eaters
Which of these animals is NOT a herbivore (plant eater)?
Most plant-eating dinosaurs had sharp, jagged teeth.
True
False
What types of feeding level belongs to these teeth?
herbivore
carnivore
omnivore
Using this classification key for vertebrates, which group of animals has no fur, no feathers, and dry scales?
Fish
Birds
Amphibians
Reptiles
What is a Producer?
An animal that eat plants
An animal that eats meat
is a plant that produces their own food
An animal that grows really tall
Why is it important to study fossils?
Because we learn about the ancient past.
Because it is cool.
Because fossils are fun to study.
Because fossils are found everywhere in the world.
