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Fossils

Total questions: 25

Worksheet time: 14mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is Paleontology?

a)

The study of bones

b)

The study of fossils

c)

The study of past life

d)

The study of ancient artifacts

2.

Extinct means.....

a)

To be dead

b)

To live no longer on earth

c)

To be stanky

d)

No more of the species is living on earth

3.

Which of the following organisms is not extinct?

a)

dodo bird

b)

Dinosaur

c)

Peacock

d)

woolly mammoth

4.

Which of the following is the most common types of fossils? (Select all that apply)

a)

Cast

b)

Iron

c)

Mold

d)

Trace

5.

Which of the following is not a fossil we've discussed?

a)

Carbon film fossil

b)

Purified fossil

c)

Cast

d)

Mold

e)

Index

6.

Footprints are an example of which type of fossil?

a)

Cast

b)

Trace

c)

Carbon film

d)

Petrified

7.

________________ fossils are those that form minerals are washed into the hollow spaces of the remains.

a)

Mold

b)

Petrified

c)

Preserved

d)

Index

8.

_______________ fossils form when an organisms remains is evaporated and leaves behind an extremely thin layer of carbon.

a)

Carbon film fossil

b)

Carbanative fossil

c)

Carbonic fossil

d)

Carbontration fossil

9.

_________________ is a complete body of fossils that show how species and ecosystems changed overtime.

a)

Index fossil

b)

fossil record

c)

Trace fossil

d)

Fossil timeline

10.

_____________ fossils forms in soft sediment, indicates the movement or action of animals.

a)

Petrified

b)

Cast

c)

Carbon film

d)

Trace

11.

(a)   fossils are found in a narrow time range but widely distributed around the earth.

12.

What things does fossils tell us?

a)

How a species has changed diets overtime.

b)

What past environments were like

c)

How the earths surface has changed overtime.

d)

how life has changed overtime

13.

What fossil is pictured?

a)

Index

b)

Trace

c)

Preserved

d)

Petrified

14.

(a)   fossils are formed when the entire/parts of the organism is enclosed in material to prevent decay with little to no change.

15.

What fossil is pictured?

a)

Magnesium fossil

b)

Carbon film

c)

Mold

d)

Carbotration fossil

16.

What fossil is pictured?

a)

Petrified

b)

Past

c)

Preserved

d)

Prevented

17.

_____________ fossils are the hollow area of the sediment in the shape of the organism

a)

Trace

b)

Sediment

c)

Cast

d)

Mold

e)

Petrified

18.

_______________ are scientist who study past life

a)

Paleontology

b)

Paleontologist

c)

Palegeography

d)

Photographer

19.

What fossil is pictured?

a)

Mold

b)

Iron

c)

Cast

d)

Carbon film

20.

What fossil is pictured?

a)

Carbonated fossil

b)

Petrified fossil

c)

Carbon film

d)

Index fossil

21.

What fossil is pictured?

a)

Petrified

b)

Cast

c)

Mold

d)

Preserved

22.
a)

Trace

b)

Mold

c)

Carbon film

d)

Petrified

23.

_____________ are preserved remains of past organisms.

a)

fossil record

b)

bones

c)

fossils

d)

Carbon foot print

24.

___________ fossils is a copy of the organisms shape

a)

cast

b)

mold

c)

trace

d)

petrified

25.

If you took the quiz right now, what would you make?

a)

0-25%

b)

25-50%

c)

50-75%

d)

75-85%

e)

85% - above