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Total questions: 14
Worksheet time: 7mins
The picture shows a fossil of a leaf. What can be learned from the fossil?
The size of the leaf
The color of the leaf
Which animals ate the leaf
How fast the animal grew
Greg puts a shell into some clay and pulls it out. He made something that looks like ______.
a glacier
a fossil
a plant
coal
Which would be the best way to make a model of a fossil?
make a handprint and fill it with clay
press your hand into snow and take a picture of it
make a handprint and fill it with water
trace your hand with chalk on the sidewalk
Scientist cannot tell an animal's ____________ when studying fossils.
size
diet
color
weight
What are we NOT able to tell about a dinosaur from a fossil?
the size of the dinosaur
how the dinosaur behaved
what the dinosaur ate
what species of dinosaur it was
Which animal part would form a fossil?
fur
lung
bone
muscle
How can an organism become a fossil?
it can be left in the hot sun
it can be covered with sand
it can be trapped in tree resin
it can decompose quickly
Why do hard parts of an animal help fossils to form?
they are easily eaten
they don't last very long
the are easily broken
they are less likely to be eaten or broken
Lisa wants to make a small copy of a fossil to show her science class. What is she making?
a model
a drawing
a diagram
an organism
What could a scientist learn by studying this fossil?
it ate other animals
it had a deep growl
it was a green color
it died from not eating
Scientists find a fossil of an animal with gills and fins, but no legs. Where did this animal live?
in water
on land
on land and water
in ice
What is a fossil?
any living thing
a small model of something
the series of steps in which something happens
the remains of a plant or animal that lived long ago
Which of the following do fossils NOT help us better understand?
helps understand the future
teaches us about animals of the past
teaches us about plants of the past
teaches us how Earth has changed over time
What is the first step in the process of becoming a fossil?
an animal dies
the remains decay
minerals seep into the bones
the bones are covered by sand, mud or dirt
