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Magnets+Fossils 3er Corte

Total questions: 45

Worksheet time: 11hrs 15mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is a force?

a)

Is a push or a pull on an object that may cause a change in motion

b)

Is when we move an object

c)

Is a push of an object to make it move

d)

Is a pull of an object that may make it move

2.

What are magnetic forces?

a)

The force that makes magnetic objects to push apart or pull toward each other without touching

b)

The force that pushes metal

c)

The force that works with cardboard

3.

Magnets have 2 poles:

a)

1 and 2

b)

North and South

c)

Red and Blue

d)

East and West

4.

A plant can become a fossil.

a)

True

b)

False

5.

Check the boxes that show things we can learn from fossils.

a)

what the animal ate

b)

if the animal was angry

c)

the animal's size

d)

how fast the animal was

e)

if the animal was hungry

6.

A scientist who studies fossils is called a

a)

meteorologist

b)

paleontologist

c)

Ms Sabrina

d)

fossilist

7.

What can an animal's fossilized teeth tell us?

a)

how fast the animal was

b)

if the animal smiled

c)

the food the animal ate

d)

where the animal lived

8.

All fossils come from dinosaurs

a)

True

b)

False

9.

Which of the following IS NOT something we can learn from a foot print of an animal?

a)

how fast the animal was

b)

how many legs the animal had

c)

if the animal traveled in groups

d)

what the animal ate

10.

Which type of fossil is seen here?

a)

Cast

b)

Mold

c)

True Form

d)

Trace

11.

Describes a group of living things that are no longer living.

a)

fossil

b)

extinct

c)

endangered

d)

dinosaur

12.

The hardened remains of a living thing that died long ago.

a)

fossil

b)

extinct

c)

endangered

d)

minerals

13.

Why are there more animal fossils than plant fossils?

a)

Animals are smaller than plants.

b)

Plants have harder bodies than animals.

c)

Plans have softer bodies than animals.

d)

Animals eat plants.

14.

Which type of fossil would look just like the body part of a once-living thing?

a)

mineral

b)

footprint

c)

cast

d)

petrified wood

15.

Which is an trace fossil?

a)

bone

b)

a cast

c)

footprints

d)

amber fossil

16.

An animal has sharp, pointy teeth, what can we infer about this animal?

a)

The animal lived in the water

b)

The animal lived near the beach.

c)

The animal is a carnivore.

d)

The animal only ate plants.

17.

If a scientist found a fish fossil in the desert, what can they infer?

a)

An animal ate the fish.

b)

The water covered the area long ago.

c)

Today's fish looks the same

d)

The fish is endangered.

18.

What needs to happen FIRST for a fossil to form?

a)

A plant or animal must be covered by sediment.

b)

A plant or animal must die and decompose.

c)

Sediments fill a a mold to form a cast.

d)

An earthquake shifts the land up.

19.

What can we infer about animals with dull teeth?

a)

They ate other animals.

b)

They ate only plants.

c)

They ate nothing.

d)

They only ate fish.

20.

Scientists can study fossils to learn about

the ___________.

a)

past

b)

present

c)

future

d)

none of the above

21.

What most likely made this fossil?

a)

Plant

b)

Animal

c)

Footprint

d)

Bone

22.

What most likely made this fossil?

a)

Plant

b)

Animal

c)

Footprint

d)

Bone

23.

A fossil of a fish is found on top of a

mountain. You can argue that the area

was once

a)

underwater

b)

a desert

c)

much colder

d)

much warmer

24.

Over millions of years, trees may become fossilized when they turn into_____

a)

paper

b)

soil

c)

rock

d)

water

25.

What is a fossil?

a)

bone from a chicken dinner

b)

a dead plant

c)

the preserved remains of a plant or animal that lived long ago

d)

a Taylor Swift song

26.

The body parts of this fossil tell you that this animal _________.

a)

Flew

b)

Hopped

c)

Swam

d)

Crawled

27.

What is the correct listing of steps for a fossil?

a)

1) Pressure created a rock.

2) Plant or animal is buried.

3) Plant or animal is left alone for years.

4) Plant or animal dies.

b)

1) Plant or animal dies.

2) Plant or animal is left alone for years.

3) Pressure created a rock.

4) Plant or animal is buried.

c)

1) Plant or animal dies.

2) Plant or animal is left alone for years.

3) Plant or animal is buried.

4) Pressure created a rock.

d)

1) Plant or animal dies.

2) Plant or animal is buried.

3) Plant or animal is left alone for years.

4) Pressure created a rock.

28.

Scientists discovered the fossilized remains of an unidentified animal. They can tell from its remains that it had gills and fins, but no legs. What conclusion about the animal can they draw from the evidence?

a)

It was a land mammal.

b)

It lived in the water all the time.

c)

It had legs that did not fossilize.

d)

It lived in the water and on land.

29.

How did scientists first learn about dinosaurs?

a)

by studying their fossils

b)

by reading about them

c)

by watching movies

d)

by looking at pictures

e)

Ms. Sabrina told them

30.

The picture shows a tooth fossil of the extinct

Megalodon shark next to teeth from a great white

shark, which is still found today.


Which of the following best explains the

difference in the size of the teeth?

a)

Sharks were once larger than the sharks that are living today.

b)

The fossilized tooth was filled with water, which made it grow in size.

c)

Sharks alive today do not live long enough to grow very large teeth..

d)

The fossilized tooth had extra sediment around it, which became a part of it

31.

When you hold two south pole ends of a magnet together are they going to attract (pull together) or repel (push apart)?

a)

repel (push apart)

b)

attract (pull together)

32.

Is the magnet being pushed or pulled to the other magnet?

a)

pushed

b)

pulled

33.

Will north and south poles attract or repel?

a)

attract (pull together)

b)

repel (push apart)

34.

Are the paper clips being pushed or pulled to the magnet?

a)

pushed

b)

pulled

35.

Check all of the items that are magnetic.

a)

paper clip

b)

plastic cup

c)

key

d)

stuffed animal

36.

Which one is magnetic?

a)

sand

b)

plastic

c)

iron

d)

wood

37.

The 2 ends of a magnet are called _________.

a)

bars

b)

ends

c)

poles

38.

When two magnets "click together", that means ...

a)

magnets are magical.

b)

opposite poles were near

c)

they had glue on them.

d)

That was Ms. Sabrina and her magical powers

39.

What is the space around a magnet where the force is?

a)

Magnetic pole

b)

Magnetic field

c)

Magnetic needle

40.

Magnetism is a type of what?

a)

gravity

b)

relationship

c)

chemical element

d)

force

41.

What is an object called that pulls certain metals towards it?

a)

iron

b)

a force

c)

a magnet

d)

nonmetal

42.

Which of the following is nonmagnetic?

a)

iron

b)

steel

c)

nickel

d)

glass

43.

Which of the following words means to push away when talking about magnets?

a)

repel

b)

decline

c)

attract

d)

pull

44.

What will happen when these magnets are brought close together?

a)

They will attract each other.

b)

They will repel each other.

c)

They will stay the same.

45.

What will happen when these magnets are brought near each other?

a)

They will repel each other.

b)

They will attract each other.

c)

They will stay at the same position.