WorksheetsExtinction and Fossils
Total questions: 21
Worksheet time: 13mins
When all of one kind of plant or animal has died and there are no more on earth that is called?
bad luck
extinction
fossils
dinosaurs
Why did the T-Rex go extinct?
a meteor
climate change
human hunting
nobody really knows
Why did the Tecopa pupfish go extinct?
climate change
human hunting
an invasive species
pollution
Why did the Baiji River Dolphin go extinct?
disease
loss of food source
human hunting
climate change
Why did the American Carrier Pigeon go extinct? (choose more than one)
human hunting
climate change
loss of habitat
invasive species
Why did the wooly mammoth go extinct? (choose more than one)
human hunting
climate change
invasive species
pollution
Why are older fossils harder to find?
they are buried deeper
there are less of them
they are smaller
they all rot away
A dinosaur's foot print is which type of fossil?
cast
mold
trace
body
True or False. Fossils can come from both plants and animals.
True
False
True or False. All fossils are made of bones.
True
False
True or False. Fossils are the remains of living things which can include bones, footprints, teeth, eggs, nests, droppings, and plants.
True
False
What kind of food did this dinosaur most likely eat?
plants
meat
What kind of food did this dinosaur most likely eat?
plants
meat
If there are a lot of dinosaur tracks together that tells us that dinosaur most likely traveled in a
(a)
If a dinosaurs footprints were close together that dinosaur was most likely
walking
running
hurt
a meat eater
If a dinosaur's footprints were spread out that dinosaur was most likely
walking
running
hurt
a meat eater
What is something a fossil can teach us about dinosaurs? Check all that are correct.
How big it was
What kind of food it ate
how many feet it walked on
if it lived alone or in a group
What is something that fossils can NOT teach us about dinosaurs? Check all that are correct.
how it went extinct
skin color
if it's a boy or girl
how many of them there were
What are two things we know about this dinosaur from looking at it's skeleton?
it ate plants
it ate meat
it walked on two legs
it walked on four legs
Body fossils can be trapped in which things. (choose more than one)
sedimentary rock
tar
ice
amber
Bonus! What do you call a scientist who digs for fossils?
biologist
paleontologist
chemist
a super cool person
