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Fossils

Total questions: 21

Worksheet time: 21mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

A dinosaur footprint is MOST LIKELY which type of fossil?

a)

model

b)

mold

c)

imprint

d)

cast

2.

What are most fossils made out of?

a)

bones

b)

skin

c)

plants

d)

minerals

3.

What is a scientist who studies living things from the past called?

a)

palentologist

b)

opthomologist

c)

doctor

d)

extinct

4.

What type of fossil is this?

a)

cast

b)

mold

c)

amber

5.

When something breaks down it is called

a)

decay

b)

mold

c)

imprint

d)

cast

6.

A fossil made when minerals fill a space and harden.

a)

model

b)

mold

c)

cast

d)

imprint

7.

What type of fossil is this?

a)

mold

b)

cast

c)

amber/trueform

8.

A fossil that is a hollow space in the shape of an animal is called

a)

cast

b)

mold

c)

model

d)

imprint

9.

Animal fossils are made up of?

a)

skin

b)

minerals

c)

bones

d)

hair

10.

After millions of years, layers of mud and sand that cover dead plants can

a)

turn to rock and form fossils.

b)

perfectly preserve the plants.

c)

turn into humus.

d)

bring the plants back to life.

11.

Where are MOST fossils found?

a)

in rock

b)

in sand

c)

in mud

d)

in water

12.

What type of fossil is this?

a)

mold

b)

cast

c)

amber

13.

A mark or shape in rock left by a plant or animal that lived long ago.

a)

model

b)

mold

c)

imprint

d)

cast

14.

Which of these is an imprint?

a)

bone

b)

footprint

c)

weathered rock

d)

fossil tooth

15.

All living things...plants and animals

a)

organism

b)

fossil

c)

extinct

16.

How have scientists learned about mammoths?

a)

by studying mammoths in zoos.

b)

by studying mammoths in amber.

c)

by studying mammoths frozen in ice.

d)

by studying photos of living mammoths.

17.

The preserved remains or trace of a living thing from long ago.

a)

organism

b)

fossil

c)

extinct

18.

A hollow space in the shape of an organism.

a)

mold

b)

model

c)

cast

d)

imprint

19.

Paleontologists study fossils to learn about?

a)

pollution

b)

extinct organisms

c)

hardness

d)

different kinds of soil

20.

Living things that have died and are no longer living on earth are

a)

organisms

b)

fossils

c)

extinct

21.

Something that stands for a real object

a)

model

b)

mold

c)

cast

d)

imprint