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Fossils

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 5mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What type of scientist study fossils and what life was like millions of years ago?

a)

paleontologists

b)

biologists

c)

fosslists

2.

What do paleontologist use to build models and explain what the world was like?

a)

molds

b)

evidence

c)

oceans

3.

Over billions of years, Earth's surface has changed dramatically.

True or False?

a)

true

b)

false

4.

What changes have happened to the Earth over billions of years?

a)

Areas once covered by water are now dry.

b)

Continents have moved.

c)

Areas of the Earth covered by large sheets of ice, now have melted.

d)

All of thesse

5.

Fossils help scientist determine the _______ of rocks.

a)

lava

b)

magma

c)

age

d)

color

6.

How is sedimentary rock formed?

a)

Layers of rock formed by sediments that settled in Earth's oceans, lakes, and swamps

b)

In the snow

c)

From tree roots and rocks.

7.

Petrified wood is ______________.

a)

A newly planted tree.

b)

A tree fossil showing the wood grain and rings in the wood.

c)

A frozen tree.

8.

Why are fossils so important to scientists?

a)

They help scientists explain what the world was like millions of years ago.

b)

They teach them about the future.

c)

They are not really that important to scientists.

9.

A type of fossil that forms the exact replica of the original organizm.

a)

extinct

b)

endangered

c)

cast

d)

crust

10.

All the fossils on Earth make up the __________.

a)

fossil diaries

b)

fossil record

c)

fossil evidence