WorksheetsFossils
Total questions: 25
Worksheet time: 14mins
What is Paleontology?
The study of bones
The study of fossils
The study of past life
The study of ancient artifacts
Extinct means.....
To be dead
To live no longer on earth
To be stanky
No more of the species is living on earth
Which of the following organisms is not extinct?
dodo bird
Dinosaur
Peacock
woolly mammoth
Which of the following is the most common types of fossils? (Select all that apply)
Cast
Iron
Mold
Trace
Which of the following is not a fossil we've discussed?
Carbon film fossil
Purified fossil
Cast
Mold
Index
Footprints are an example of which type of fossil?
Cast
Trace
Carbon film
Petrified
________________ fossils are those that form minerals are washed into the hollow spaces of the remains.
Mold
Petrified
Preserved
Index
_______________ fossils form when an organisms remains is evaporated and leaves behind an extremely thin layer of carbon.
Carbon film fossil
Carbanative fossil
Carbonic fossil
Carbontration fossil
_________________ is a complete body of fossils that show how species and ecosystems changed overtime.
Index fossil
fossil record
Trace fossil
Fossil timeline
_____________ fossils forms in soft sediment, indicates the movement or action of animals.
Petrified
Cast
Carbon film
Trace
(a) fossils are found in a narrow time range but widely distributed around the earth.
What things does fossils tell us?
How a species has changed diets overtime.
What past environments were like
How the earths surface has changed overtime.
how life has changed overtime
What fossil is pictured?
Index
Trace
Preserved
Petrified
(a) fossils are formed when the entire/parts of the organism is enclosed in material to prevent decay with little to no change.
What fossil is pictured?
Magnesium fossil
Carbon film
Mold
Carbotration fossil
What fossil is pictured?
Petrified
Past
Preserved
Prevented
_____________ fossils are the hollow area of the sediment in the shape of the organism
Trace
Sediment
Cast
Mold
Petrified
_______________ are scientist who study past life
Paleontology
Paleontologist
Palegeography
Photographer
What fossil is pictured?
Mold
Iron
Cast
Carbon film
What fossil is pictured?
Carbonated fossil
Petrified fossil
Carbon film
Index fossil
What fossil is pictured?
Petrified
Cast
Mold
Preserved
Trace
Mold
Carbon film
Petrified
_____________ are preserved remains of past organisms.
fossil record
bones
fossils
Carbon foot print
___________ fossils is a copy of the organisms shape
cast
mold
trace
petrified
If you took the quiz right now, what would you make?
0-25%
25-50%
50-75%
75-85%
85% - above
