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Chapter 5 - Lesson 1

Total questions: 12

Worksheet time: 6mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

_________ are remains, or marks, of living things that lived a long time ago.

a)

Ecosystems

b)

Fossils

c)

Environments

d)

Organisms

2.

What would you understand if you find a fossil of a fish on dry land?

a)

Fish can live on dry land.

b)

This area was covered with water in the past.

c)

people did not eat fish in the past.

d)

None of them

3.

When an animal dies, soft parts ___________

a)

Decay or get eaten by animals

b)

Turn into rocks

c)

turn into fossils

d)

none of them

4.

The deeper the fossil, the ________ it is.

a)

younger

b)

older

c)

larger

d)

smaller

5.

_________ include footprints and tracks of living things.

a)

Trace fossils

b)

parts of the body fossils

c)

Preserved fossils

d)

Cast fossils

6.

______ include teeth, bones, and shells.

a)

Trace fossils

b)

Parts of the body fossils

c)

Preserved fossils

d)

Mold fossils

7.

_________ forms when an organism's entire body is preserved in the fossil record.

a)

A preserved body part fossil

b)

A trace fossil

c)

A part of the body fossil

d)

A cast fossil

8.

Which of the following is an example of a preserved body part fossil?

a)

An insect in amber

b)

A giraffe tooth

c)

A clamshell

d)

A dinosaur footprint

9.

Which of the following is an example of a trace fossil?

a)

An insect in amber

b)

A giraffe tooth

c)

A mammoth preserved in ice

d)

A dinosaur footprint

10.

Which of the following is an example of a part of the body fossil?

a)

An insect in amber

b)

A giraffe tooth

c)

A mammoth preserved in ice

d)

A dinosaur footprint

11.

_______ is a type of fossil that represents the outside shape of an organism in a rock.

a)

Cast fossil

b)

Mold fossil

c)

Preserved fossil

d)

None of them

12.

_________ show the inside shape of a living thing.

a)

Cast fossils

b)

Mold fossils

c)

Trace fossils

d)

None of them