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WorksheetsUnit 6 Fossils
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 14mins
Which of the following are ways that fossils are formed?
(Select all that apply.)
organism frozen in ice
organism covered in
hot lava
organism trapped in amber
organism buried in mud
What most likely made this fossil?
Plant
Animal
Footprint
Bone
What most likely made this fossil?
Plant
Animal
Footprint
Bone
A fossil of a fish is found on top of a
mountain. You can argue that the area
was once
underwater
a desert
much colder
much warmer
Which is a fossil?
bone from a chicken dinner
a live plant
the preserved remains of a plant or animal that lived long ago
a piece of pottery
When something is _____________________ it no longer
exists.
extinct
preserved
endangered
rotting
An animal has sharp, pointy teeth, what can we infer about this animal?
The animal lived in the water
The animal lived near the beach.
The animal is a carnivore.
The animal only ate plants.
How are an elephant and a mammoth alike?
They are both endangered.
They are both extinct.
They both have tusks.
They both live in a warm climate.
What needs to happen FIRST for a fossil to form?
A plant or animal must be covered by sediment or mud.
A plant or animal must die and decompose.
Sediments fill a a mold to form a cast.
An earthquake shifts the land up.
What replaces the wood of a once-living thing to form petrified wood?
amber
cast
mold
minerals
This type of fossil is tree sap hardened and replaced by minerals.
Petrified wood
Imprint
Amber
Mold
The picture shows a fossil of a leaf. What can be learned from the fossil?
The size of the leaf
The color of the leaf
Which animals ate the leaf
How fast the animal grew
Greg puts a shell into some clay and pulls it out. He made something that looks like ______.
a glacier
a fossil
a plant
coal
Which would be the best way to make a model of a fossil?
make a handprint and fill it with clay
press your hand into snow and take a picture of it
make a handprint and fill it with water
trace your hand with chalk on the sidewalk
Scientist cannot tell an animal's ____________ when studying fossils.
size
diet
color
weight
What are we able to tell about a dinosaur from a fossil?
(Check all that apply.)
the size of the dinosaur
how the dinosaur behaved
what the dinosaur ate
what species of dinosaur it was
Which animal part would NOT form a fossil?
(Check all that apply.)
fur
lung
bone
muscle
