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Total questions: 16
Worksheet time: 12mins
(a) are remains or traces of plants and animals that lived a long time ago.
Fossils help scientist understand what life was like _______ of years ago.
Ten
Hundreds
Thousands
Millions
____ means they no longer are found alive anywhere on earth today.
Alive
Present
Extinct
Endangered
Can plants be fossilized?
No
Yes
SELECT ALL THAT APPLY. Some extinctions were caused by sudden changes in an organism's habitat such as...
Floods
Wildfires
Natural events
SELECT ALL THAT APPLY. What are some other reasons why organisms have gone extinct?
Hunting
Habitat Loss
Pollution
Mt. (a) was once at the bottom of the sea because scientists found fossils of the ocean animals there.
If an animal or fossil had long pointed teeth, then it is a _______.
Carnivore
Herbivore
Omnivore
If an animal or fossil have flat smooth teeth then it is a ______.
Carnivore
Herbivore
Omnivore
SELECT ALL THAT APPLY. Fossils can be ….
Bones
Teeth
Shells
Leaves
Fossils can be footprints or animal droppings.
True
False
Fossils are formed when the sediment over the dead organism hardens into rock.
False
True
Many fossils have been discovered at the La Brea Tar Pits in ____, _______.
Walterboro, South Carolina
Miami, Florida
Los Angeles, California
New York, New York
SELECT MORE THAN ONE ANSWER. Fossils have been found in these places.
North America
China
Spain
Argentina
So many fossils have been found in ___ that each state has its own designated fossil.
England
Russia
USA
Brazil
Paleontologist and dentist use the same type of tools.
False
True
