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Fossils

Total questions: 12

Worksheet time: 6mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is a fossil?

a)

The remains or impressions of prehistoric animals.

b)

The remains or impressions of prehistoric plants and animals.

c)

The remains of a rock

d)

A scientist

2.

What do you call a scientist that studies fossils?

a)

Fossilologist

b)

Sociologist

c)

Paleontologist

d)

Studiologist

3.

What can we learn about a dinosaur by studying its teeth?

a)

If he brushes his teeth

b)

If his has any missing teeth

c)

If he eats a lot of candy

d)

If he is a meat eater or a plant eater

4.

What are microfossils?

a)

Large dinosaur bones

b)

Really small fossils

c)

Big fossils

d)

A broken bone

5.

All fossils come from dinosaurs.

a)

True

b)

False

6.

What does it mean if an animal is extinct?

a)

They smell really bad

b)

They are very big

c)

They are no longer alive on earth

d)

They love to eat both meat and plants

7.

Which of the following animals lived 40,000 years ago and are still alive today?

a)

Mammoths

b)

Saber-tooth tiger

c)

Dinosaur

d)

Mountain Lion

8.

How do fossils form?

a)

People make them

b)

They are just found on the ground

c)

They are buried under different layers of rock

d)

They are formed in water.

9.

What tools are used to to remove fossils from rocks?

a)

Ax and a hammer

b)

Big hammer and a brush

c)

Dental pic, brush

d)

Spoon, and knife

10.

What is a carnivore?

a)

Meat and Plant eater

b)

Plant eater

c)

Meat eater

d)

People eater

11.

What is a herbivore?

a)

Meat and plant eater

b)

Meat eater

c)

People eater

d)

Plant eater

12.

What is an omnivore?

a)

Meat and plant eater

b)

Meat eater

c)

Plant eater

d)

People eater