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Fossils

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 5mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Why are there more animal fossils than plant fossils?

a)

Animals are smaller than plants.

b)

Plants have harder bodies than animals.

c)

Plans have softer bodies than animals.

d)

Animals eat plants.

2.

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.

3.

What statement is true about fossils?

a)

All living organisms leave behind fossils.

b)

Fossils show that camels never change.

c)

Some living things have not really changed in millions of years.

d)

Plant fossils have never changed.

4.

Which of these animals is extinct?

a)

Camel

b)

Rhino

c)

Red Panda

d)

Saber-toothed cat

5.

What can we infer about animals with dull teeth?

a)

They ate other animals.

b)

They ate only plants.

c)

They ate nothing.

d)

They only ate fish.

6.

The remains of an organism studied by scientists is called a ____________.

a)

paleontologist

b)

fossil

c)

dinosaur

d)

shark

7.

When something is _____________________ it no longer

exists.

a)

extinct

b)

preserved

c)

endangered

d)

rotting

8.

Which is NOT a reason scientists study fossils?

a)

They tell us how long a species existed on Earth.

b)

To learn how organisms are related to each other.

c)

How organisms communicated with each other.

d)

Fossils tell scientists the types of environments that organisms lived in.

9.

Which would be an example of a fossil?

a)

Sedimentary Rock

b)

Dinosaur Footprint

c)

Oyster Pearl

d)

Rotting Log

10.
Why do bones and teeth remain as part of some fossils?
a)
they are white
b)
bones are large
c)
the parts are hard 
d)
bones decay easily