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Fossils/Rocks Assessment

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 8mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What are rocks used for here on Earth?

a)

To build houses

b)

To build bridges

c)

To make things firm and hard

d)

All of the above

2.

What are the three types of rocks?

a)

ingenious, metamorphic, sedimentary

b)

hard, soft, round

c)

gas, liquid, solid

d)

none of the above

3.

What is marble usually used to build?

a)

walls

b)

Statues

c)

Roads

d)

roofs

4.

What are the properties of rocks?

a)

Properties of rocks is how long rocks have been living

b)

Properties of rocks is buildings made out of rocks

c)

Properties help people identify the different types of rocks. The rocks texture, shape, size, and hardness

d)

Properties of rocks are fossils

5.

Sedimentary rocks are formed from layers of sand, minerals, dead plants, animals, and skelatons

a)

TRUE

b)

FALSE

6.

Select the natural materials (there are two)

a)

wood

b)

clay

c)

windows

d)

plastic

7.

What do fossils form in?

a)

nothing

b)

air

c)

water

d)

Sand, volcanic ash, and mud.

8.

What part of the animal stays when fossils are formed?

a)

the organs

b)

skeleton

c)

the flesh

d)

the fur

9.

What is the definition of fossils?

a)

When an animal dies

b)

An animal that no longer exist on the Earth

c)

Impressions or remains of things that were once living

10.

What does extinct mean?

a)

To continue to live.

b)

A species, family, or group of plants or animals that were once alive but are now dead.

c)

Fossils that people find

d)

When dead animals or plants form in lava and becomes a fossil

11.

What is the SECOND step of an animal or plant turning into a fossil?

a)

Flesh and skin rots. The skeleton of the animal remains

b)

The fossil is found

c)

The animal is buried in layers of the Earth

12.

What is the fossil of?

a)

teeth

b)

leaf

c)

dinosaur

d)

fish

13.

What animal below is now extinct?

a)

Dinosaurs

b)

Birds

c)

Fish

d)

lizards

14.

Why are fossils important?

a)

They keep animals alive

b)

They help scientists know what animals looked like 1,000's of years ago.

c)

They feed other animals

15.

Earthquakes and movements of the Earth expose fossils.

a)

TRUE

b)

FALSE