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Fossils

Total questions: 16

Worksheet time: 17mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What type of fossils are burrows?

a)

Body

b)

Trace

2.

What type of fossils are teeth?

a)

Body

b)

Trace

3.

An imprint that was left in a rock that looks like the outside of the organism decayed there is an example of what type of trace fossil?

a)

Mould

b)

Cast

4.

What type of fossils are plant leaves?

a)

Body

b)

Trace

5.

What type of fossils are feces?

a)

Body

b)

Trace

6.

Identify which is not a body fossil

a)

Bones

b)

Teeth

c)

Shells

d)

Cartilage

7.

What type of fossils are bones?

a)

Body

b)

Trace

8.

What type of fossils are tracks, trails and footprints?

a)

Body

b)

Trace

9.

An imprint that has been filled in by rock is an example of what type of trace fossil?

a)

Mould

b)

Cast

10.

What type of fossils are shells?

a)

Body

b)

Trace

11.

What type of fossils are nest sites?

a)

Body

b)

Trace

12.

What are considered Geological times?

a)

Eon

b)

Generation

c)

Era

d)

Period

13.

Identify which is not a type of trace fossil

a)

Eggs

b)

Footprints

c)

Burrows

d)

Plant Leaves

14.

What is a fossil? (1 mark)

4 lines
15.

What are the conditions of preservation for a fossil? (3 marks)

4 lines
16.

Identify the incorrect way of fossil preservation

a)

Frozen

b)

Tar Pit

c)

Buried in acidic soil

d)

Tree Sap