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4th Grade LEAP Vocab Ch. 2 test

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 15mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

all natural and catastrophic events which cause fossil formation

a)

Floods, mudslides, earthquakes, and ash deposits

b)

Bones and shells

c)

Index fossils

d)

Fossil Records

2.

remains of plants and animals which lived in the past

a)

bones and shells

b)

dinosaurs

c)

sedimentation

d)

fossils

3.

a law which states each rock layer is older than the one above it

a)

The Fossil Record

b)

Law of Superposition

c)

Sedimentation

d)

Index Fossils

4.

layers of soil and rock where fossils are found

a)

index fossils

b)

sediment

c)

dinosaurs

d)

bones and shells

5.

fossils which lived for a short period of time

a)

dinosaurs

b)

sediments

c)

index fossils

d)

bones and shells

6.

a record of all fossils found since people began studying them

a)

Dinosaurs

b)

Law of Superposition

c)

The Fossil Record

d)

Sedimentation

7.

the parts of organisms which fossilized the best

a)

index fossils

b)

dinosaurs

c)

sediment

d)

bones and shells

8.

the process by which rock and soil layers are formed

a)

Index fossils

b)

sedimentation

c)

fossils

d)

dinosaurs

9.

prehistoric creatures that lived millions of years before modern mammals

a)

dinosaurs

b)

fossils

c)

bones and shells

d)

sediments

10.

When looking at the layers of the Earth's crust, which layer is the OLDEST?

a)

the layer on top

b)

the deepest layer

c)

all layers are the same