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Fossil Test Review

Total questions: 18

Worksheet time: 9mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Extinct means that ___________________.

a)

there are a lot of the animals running around.

b)

the animals have all died out.

c)

they are beautiful.

2.

What is an organism?

a)

living things such as plants or animals

b)

no longer alive

c)

a person who studies fossils

d)

to rot or decompose

3.

To decay means to ___________.

a)

a person who studies fossils

b)

no longer alive

c)

a hard orange-yellow substance formed from tree sap

d)

to rot or decompose

4.

What is climate?

a)

living things such as plants or animals

b)

weather conditions in an area

c)

to rot or decompose

d)

no longer alive

5.

What does a paleontologist do?

a)

studies fossils

b)

teaches kids

c)

answers the telephone

d)

plays games

6.

What is Amber?

a)

A person who studies fossils.

b)

Mrs. Ramsey

c)

a hard orange-yellow substance formed from tree sap

d)

a girl

7.

What is a fossil?

a)

The preserved remains of plants and animals that lived long ago

b)

a person who studies fossils

c)

living things

d)

a paleontologist

8.

In very cold climates, fossils can be preserved in ____________.

a)

fossils can't be preserved in cold climates

b)

wood

c)

sand

d)

ice or snow

9.

When scientist found a fish fossil in the desert, they knew that long ago that piece of land was __________________________.

a)

a hill

b)

a mountain

c)

a desert

d)

a body of water

10.

Bones, teeth, and eggs are examples of _____________.

a)

body fossils

b)

petrified wood

c)

imprint fossils

d)

amber

11.

Fossils usually form in what type of rock?

a)

metamorphic

b)

igneous

c)

sedimentary

d)

fossils don't form in rock

12.

What does a sharp tooth fossil tell about a dinosaurs diet?

a)

it only ate plants

b)

it only ate meat

c)

it doesn't tell them about the diet

d)

it only drank water

13.

Paleontologists learn about dinosaurs by studying fossils.

a)

True

b)

False

14.

A cast fossil is hardened rock, while a mold fossil is hollow.

a)

True

b)

False

15.

A woolly mammoth was found preserved in mud. It is a distant relative of the kangaroo.

a)

True

b)

False

16.

Scientists analyze fossils to learn about the past.

a)

True

b)

False

17.

A mold fossil forms when mud or sediment builds up around a deceased organism.

a)

True

b)

False

18.

All fossils form in amber.

a)

True

b)

False