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Fossils Test Review

Total questions: 22

Worksheet time: 17mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

It was an animal that probably ate plants.

a)
b)
c)
d)
2.

It was an animal that was probably aquatic.

a)
b)
c)
d)
3.

It was an animal that was probably a good climber.

a)
b)
c)
d)
4.

It was a plant that probably lived in a arid environment.

a)
b)
c)
d)
5.

Choose the correct trace fossil. A slug or snail.

a)
b)
c)
6.

Choose the correct trace fossil. An ant nest.

a)
b)
c)
7.

Choose the correct trace fossil. Animals traveling together.

a)
b)
c)
8.

True or false? A rock is a fossil.

a)

True

b)

False

9.

Why might fossils be found in the same layer?

a)

They lived at the same time

b)

They were best friends

c)

A meteor

d)

Earth doesn't have layers

10.

Most life early in earths history lived where?

a)

In water

b)

On land

11.

Organisms that are found in the bottom layers of earth are no longer found alive on Earth. Why is this true?

a)

They lived long ago and are either extinct or have evolved.

b)

They are the most recent organisms that lived on earth.

c)

Environments and organisms never change.

12.

These are the preserved remains or traces of a once-living organism.

a)

fossils

b)

fossil fuels

c)

rocks

d)

minerals

13.

Which animal today is the most similar to the woolly mammoth?

a)

hippo

b)

elephant

c)

dinosaur

d)

zebra

14.

How many years does it take for oil and natural gases to form?

a)

hundreds

b)

thousands

c)

millions

d)

billions

15.

Footprints are examples of what?

a)

amber

b)

fossils frozen in ice

c)

trace fossils

d)

carbon films

16.

Scientists that study fossils are called what?

a)

Paleontologists

b)

Archaeologists

c)

Geologists

d)

Mineralogists

17.
How are fossils created?
a)
A. Traces of organisms harden like rock. 
b)
B. Dead organisms are quickly buried for millions of years.
c)
C. Animals get trapped.
d)
D. All of the above
18.

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?

a)

They lived in different countries.

b)

They had nothing in common with each other.

c)

They are the same kind of organism.

d)

They were alive during the same time period.

19.

A scientist found a fossil of a plant. The plant looked much like a pine tree. The plant that made the fossil most likely...

a)

lived in shallow lake water

b)

lived in sandy soil like the soil that cacti live in today

c)

lived in climates like the climates pine trees live in today

d)

lived in the deeper parts of the ocean

20.

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?

a)

The fossil shows leaves from an oak tree.

b)

The fossil doesn't show any fish or marine plants.

c)

The fossil is brown, rounded, and 6 feet tall.

d)

The fossil shows a lizard that lived in the desert.

21.
Which layer formed first?
a)
Rock Layer W
b)
Rock Layer X
c)
Rock Layer Y
d)
Rock Layer Z
22.

Which rock layer contains the newest fossils?

a)

C

b)
E
c)
B
d)

F