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WorksheetsFossils Test Review
Total questions: 22
Worksheet time: 17mins
It was an animal that probably ate plants.
It was an animal that was probably aquatic.
It was an animal that was probably a good climber.
It was a plant that probably lived in a arid environment.
Choose the correct trace fossil. A slug or snail.
Choose the correct trace fossil. An ant nest.
Choose the correct trace fossil. Animals traveling together.
True or false? A rock is a fossil.
True
False
Why might fossils be found in the same layer?
They lived at the same time
They were best friends
A meteor
Earth doesn't have layers
Most life early in earths history lived where?
In water
On land
Organisms that are found in the bottom layers of earth are no longer found alive on Earth. Why is this true?
They lived long ago and are either extinct or have evolved.
They are the most recent organisms that lived on earth.
Environments and organisms never change.
These are the preserved remains or traces of a once-living organism.
fossils
fossil fuels
rocks
minerals
Which animal today is the most similar to the woolly mammoth?
hippo
elephant
dinosaur
zebra
How many years does it take for oil and natural gases to form?
hundreds
thousands
millions
billions
Footprints are examples of what?
amber
fossils frozen in ice
trace fossils
carbon films
Scientists that study fossils are called what?
Paleontologists
Archaeologists
Geologists
Mineralogists
A scientist finds a fossil of a fern near a fossil of a small mammal.Which of the following is likely true about the organisms that made the fossils?
They lived in different countries.
They had nothing in common with each other.
They are the same kind of organism.
They were alive during the same time period.
A scientist found a fossil of a plant. The plant looked much like a pine tree. The plant that made the fossil most likely...
lived in shallow lake water
lived in sandy soil like the soil that cacti live in today
lived in climates like the climates pine trees live in today
lived in the deeper parts of the ocean
Andrew looked at the fossil in the picture.
The fossil was found in the desert. What detail about the fossil would show that the desert used to be a forest?
The fossil shows leaves from an oak tree.
The fossil doesn't show any fish or marine plants.
The fossil is brown, rounded, and 6 feet tall.
The fossil shows a lizard that lived in the desert.
Which rock layer contains the newest fossils?
C
F
