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Fossils

Total questions: 14

Worksheet time: 7mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which type of rock are most fossils found?

a)

sedimentary rock

b)

metamorphic rock

c)

igneous rock

d)

fossils

2.

If a scientist found a fish fossil in the desert, what can they infer?

a)

An animal ate the fish.

b)

The water covered the area long ago.

c)

Today's fish looks the same

d)

The fish is endangered.

3.

What replaces the wood of a once-living thing to form petrified wood?

a)

amber

b)

cast

c)

mold

d)

minerals

4.

This type of fossil is tree sap hardened and replaced by minerals.

a)

Petrified wood

b)

Imprint

c)

Amber

d)

Mold

5.

What type of fossil is pictured here?

a)

Mold fossil

b)

Trace fossil

c)

Cast fossil

d)

Body fossil

6.

What type of fossil is pictured here?

a)

Forest fossil

b)

Trace fossil

c)

Cast fossil

d)

Body fossil

7.

What type of fossil is pictured here?

a)

Mold fossil

b)

Trace fossil

c)

Cast fossil

d)

Body fossil

8.

A fossil formed when minerals replace all or part of an organism is called a

a)

mold   

b)

petrified fossil

c)

cast

d)

trace fossil

9.

Fossil that forms when the remains of an organism leave an imprint in the sediment after the organic material has been completely replaced

a)

cast

b)

mold

c)

trace

d)

True Form

10.

Fossilized evidence of plant existence or animal movements such as root channels, footprints, and burrows

a)

mold fossil

b)

cast fossil

c)

trace fossil

d)

true form

11.

An insect trapped in amber from a tree-like sap called resin, and a wooly mammoth frozen in ice are examples of?

a)

Preserved Fossils

b)

Mold Fossils

c)

Cast Fossils

d)

Trace Fossils

12.
When rocks are broken down into smaller pieces
a)
erosion
b)
weathering
c)
sediment
13.
When water, ice and wind move particles of rock and soil from one place to another
a)
sediment
b)
weathering
c)
erosion
14.
Which parts of an organism are more likely to fossilize?
a)
the soft parts - skin, muscle
b)
the hard parts - bones, shells, stems
c)
all parts can become fossilized easily because the organism becomes buried by sediments