WorksheetsFossils Quiz
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 9mins
In which type of fossil has once-living material been replaced by minerals?
petrified wood
a carbon film
amber
a trace fossil
Click the answer that best explains why the object in this image is a fossil.
It has no soft parts.
It was dug up by a paleontologist.
It took a very long time to form from a once-living organism.
There are similar shells on Earth today.
Circle all of the phrases that describe a fossil.
woolly mammoth frozen in ice
pinecone from a city park
impression of a leaf in a rock
an empty seashell on a beach
The skeleton of a fish that died and became buried in the ocean floor a month ago is a fossil.
True
False
All of the organisms that lived millions of years ago are extinct.
True
False
Mark all of the phrases that describe a fossil.
empty crab shells on a rocky beach
imprints of leaves on a concrete sidewalk
muddy paw prints across a tile floor
dinosaur footprints and petrified eggs
a butterfly enclosed in amber
Fossils come in all shapes and sizes. But no matter the shape or size, they all came from ___________________________.
living organisms
petrified egg
dinosaur bones
amber
Fossils provide evidence of ___________________________ organisms that no longer live on Earth.
large
fossil
extinct
many
Which of these would give a scientist evidence about the size of the once-living organism? Circle all that apply.
fossilized footprints
a petrified tree stump
a frog trapped in amber
a fish bone
Circle the answer that best explains why the object in this image is a fossil.
It has no soft parts.
It was dug up by a paleontologist.
It took a very long time to form from a once-living organism.
There are similar shells on Earth today.
