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Review for checkpoint test

Total questions: 28

Worksheet time: 24mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

If a scientist found a fish fossil in the desert, what can they infer?

a)

An animal ate the fish.

b)

The water covered the area long ago.

c)

Today's fish looks the same

d)

The fish is endangered.

2.

The place where an organism lives that provides it with shelter, food and water ….

a)

ecosystem

b)

population

c)

habitat

3.

All of the living and nonliving components that interact in an environment.

a)

population

b)

ecosystem

c)

community

d)

organism

4.

An animal has sharp, pointy teeth, what can we infer about this animal?

a)

The animal lived in the water

b)

The animal lived near the beach.

c)

The animal is a carnivore.

d)

The animal only ate plants.

5.

Snakes, mice, small birds, crickets, hawks, cactus live together in a specific area will make ….

a)

organism

b)

community

c)

population

6.

Plants interact with living and nonliving in their environment. Which of the following is an interaction between the plant and a nonliving element?

a)

insects eating the plants

b)

Humans breathing oxygen from plants

c)

Bees having pollen from flowers

d)

soil holding the roots of the plants

7.

What needs to happen FIRST for a fossil to form?

a)

A plant or animal must be covered by sediment.

b)

A plant or animal must die and decompose.

c)

Sediments fill a a mold to form a cast.

d)

An earthquake shifts the land up.

8.
Which example shows a relationship between a living thing and a non-living thing?
a)
An insect is food for salmon.
b)
Water carries a rock downstream.
c)
A tree gets nutrients from the soil.
d)
A flower makes food for a butterfly.
9.

This type of fossil is tree sap hardened and the insect was preserved.

a)

bone fossil

b)

footprint fossil

c)

whole body fossil

d)

Mold fossil

10.

Which of these is an example of one living thing depending on another living thing?

a)

Cat walking on the sand

b)

Bird building a nest in a tree

c)

Dog warming in the sunlight

d)

Squirrel drinking water

11.

Which type of rock are most fossils found?

a)

sedimentary rock

b)

metamorphic rock

c)

igneous rock

d)

fossils

12.

A bear is an example of a/an ….

a)

community

b)

organism

c)

population

13.
Which of the following would not be part of a community?
a)
grasshopper
b)
grass
c)
soil
d)
bird
14.

_______________is a scientist who studies fossils.

a)

geologist

b)

fossilologist

c)

paleontologist

d)

extinct

15.

Describes a group of living things that are no longer living.

a)

fossil

b)

extinct

c)

endangered

d)

dinosaur

16.

A group of snake lives together in a specific area will make ….

a)

organism

b)

community

c)

population

17.

Which would be an example of a fossil?

a)

Sedimentary Rock

b)

Dinosaur Footprint

c)

Oyster Pearl

d)

Rotting Log

18.

What word belongs in the white box labeled "2"?

a)

population

b)

community

19.

Fossils help us learn about....

a)

What animals were like long ago

b)

How the earth's surface has changed

c)

what the environment was like

d)

All of these

20.

This image is representing a

(Without the water)

a)

Individual

b)

Population

c)

Community

d)

Ecosystem

21.

The deeper the layer the fossil is found, the older the fossil will likely be.

a)

True

b)

False

22.

A group of tadpoles in a pond is an example of a _____________.

a)

population

b)

community

23.

Which of the following is NOT an example of a fossil?

a)

an insect stuck in tree sap

b)

a huge dinosaur bone

c)

a seashell found on the beach

d)

a footprint captured in mud

24.

What does population mean ?

a)

a group of animals that are different

b)

the amount of people living in a place

c)

a group of animals of the same kind

d)

a place where you live, work, and play

25.

3. What list the non-living parts the ecosystem.

a)

Water, fish, ducks, rock,

b)

Sediment, water, mosquito, ducks

c)

sediment, water, rock, dirt/earth, air,

d)

dragon fly, rocks, soil, water

26.

Over millions of years, trees may become fossilized when they turn into_____

a)

paper

b)

soil

c)

rock

d)

water

27.

What type of fossil is this?

a)

Mold fossil

b)

bone fossil

c)

whole body fossil

d)

footprint Fossil

28.

self reflection:

How well do you think you understand this chapter so far?

(you can choose more than 1)

a)

I got this!

b)

I'm pretty confident in my skills

c)

I kind of understand it, but I need help

d)

Help! I don't know what's going on!