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Ohio Fossils Questions

Total questions: 12

Worksheet time: 6mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What type of climate supported Ohio’s trilobites?

Trilobites lived in warm shallow seas.

a)

The climate has always been the same in Ohio.

b)

Scientists believe Ohio used to be much closer to the equator due to plate tectonics.  This means the climate would have been much warmer.

c)

Scientists believe Ohio used to be farther away from the equator due to plate tectonics.  This means the climate would have been much cold.

2.

What type of climate supported Ohio’s wooly mammoths and mastodons?

a)

They lived during the ice age.

b)

The climate was the same as it is now.

c)

The climate was warmer than it is now.

3.

What kind of fossils would today's climate create in Ohio?

a)

polar bears, penguins, whales

b)

sharks, dolphins, sea turtles

c)

deer, frogs, squirrels

4.

Fossilized rock in the shape of dinosaur bones are which type of fossil?

a)

real bone

b)

mold fossil

c)

cast fossil

d)

trace fossil

5.

Which type of fossil is created when an organism gets trapped in tree resin?

a)

Trace

b)

Mold/Imprint

c)

Amber

d)

Cast

6.

What kind of fossil is this?

a)

Mold fossil

b)

Cast fossil

c)

True Form fossil

d)

Trace fossil

7.
this type of fossil is a mold filled with sediment that creates a solid copy of an organism
a)
mold
b)
petrified
c)
cast
d)
trace
8.
this type of fossil provides evidence of the activities of ancient organisms; examples include marks left by footprints or tails
a)
mold
b)
carbon film
c)
trace
d)
cast
9.
this material does an excellent job of preserving insect remains
a)
cast
b)
amber
c)
mold
d)
carbon film
10.
a scientist who studies fossils
a)
geologist
b)
biologist
c)
paleontologist
d)
chemist
11.
 These are dinosaur footprints. What is this a example of?
a)
All of the below!!!!!
b)
index fossil
c)
permineralized  remains
d)
trace fossil
12.
Which animal part would MOST LIKELY form a fossil?
a)
fur
b)
lung
c)
bone
d)
muscle