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Fossils

Total questions: 11

Worksheet time: 6mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Paleontologist learned about dinosaurs by studying fossils.

a)

True

b)

False

2.

All fossils form in amber.

a)

True

b)

False

3.

A cast fossil is hardened rock, while a mold fossil is hollow.

a)

True

b)

False

4.

What does a sharp tooth fossil tell scientists about the animal?

a)

It probably drank water

b)

It probably only ate plants

c)

It was prey for other animals

d)

It probably ate other animals

5.

A mold fossil forms when mud or sediment builds up around a deceased organism.

a)

True

b)

False

6.

Fossils usually form in what type of rock?

a)

Fossils do not form in rock

b)

Igneous

c)

Metamorphic

d)

Sedimentary

7.

A mold fossil forms when mud or sediment builds up around a deceased organism.

a)

True

b)

False

8.

When Scientists found a fish fossil in the dessert, they knew that long ago that piece of land was a __.

a)

hill

b)

desert

c)

mountain

d)

body of water

9.

Scientist analyze fossils to learn about organisms of the past.

a)

True

b)

False

10.

A woolly mammoth was found preserved in mud. It is a distant relative of the kangaroo.

a)

True

b)

False

11.

Bones, teeth, and eggs are examples of __.

a)

petrified wood

b)

body fossils

c)

amber

d)

imprint fossils