WorksheetsFossils Review
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 10mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
1. Which organism can you infer most likely made this fossil?
a)
a plant
b)
an animal
c)
a dinosaur
d)
a footprint
2.
2. Which organism can you infer most likely made this fossil?
a)
a plant
b)
an animal
c)
a dinosaur
d)
a footprint
3.
3. Which organism can you infer most likely made this fossil?
a)
a plant
b)
an animal
c)
a dinosaur
d)
a footprint
4.
4. A scientist who studies fossils is a _____.
a)
Doctor
b)
Chemist
c)
Geologist
d)
Paleontologist
5.
5. Which of the following can scientists conclude from a fossil of a dinosaur bone?
a)
how large the dinosaur was
b)
how many babies the dinosaur had
c)
how good the dinosaur's eyesight was
d)
what the dinosaur ate just before it died
6.
6. A paleontologist finds a fossil of a fish on top of a mountain. She can infer that the area was once _____.
a)
a desert
b)
below water
c)
much colder
d)
much warmer
7.
7. A paleontologist might find fossils of _____.
a)
Teeth
b)
Skin
c)
Hair
d)
Fur
8.
8. It takes _____ for fossils to form.
a)
Days
b)
Weeks
c)
Months
d)
Years
9.
9. A fossil can best be described as _____.
a)
something alive that lived long ago
b)
the preserved remains of plants that lived long ago
c)
the preserved remains of animals that lived long ago
d)
the preserved remains of a plant or animal that lived long ago
10.
10. The remains of animals that lived millions of years ago are called
a)
rocks
b)
fossils
c)
minerals
d)
shale
11.
11. We learn about ________ from fossils.
a)
outer space
b)
the weather
c)
life in the past
d)
earthquakes
12.
12. What are 2 examples of what the fossil of a tooth could tell us about the animal it came from.
a)
Type of animal and what they ate
b)
Type of animal and how many friends
c)
How they sleep and where they live
d)
Fossils of teeth can't tell us about the animal it came from
13.
13. An organism is most likely to become a fossil if it contains _____ parts, such as teeth or bones.
a)
soft
b)
hard
c)
white
d)
liquid
14.
14. A species that is no longer alive is __________.
a)
sleeping
b)
eating
c)
extinct
d)
nothing dies everything lives forever
15.
15. To decay or break down by rotting away is called ___________.
a)
decompose
b)
rebuild
c)
death
d)
nothing rots
16.
16. This fossil is formed when an object is pressed into mud, the mud hardens, and a print remains.
a)
rocks
b)
bones
c)
teeth
d)
imprint fossil
17.
17. Use the picture below to answer the question.
Which of the following shows what this fossil most likely came from?
a)
Option 1
b)
Option 2
c)
Option 3
d)
Option 4
18.
18. Choose the option that best describes the picture.
a)
Over a long period of time, sand and soil harden and turn into rock.
b)
As more time passes, the rock covering the fossil wears away. The fossil appears on the surface.
c)
A living thing dies and is buried under layers of sand and soil.
d)
The fish cannot become a fossil.
19.
19. Choose the option that best describes the picture.
a)
Over a long period of time, sand and soil harden and turn into rock.
b)
As more time passes, the rock covering the fossil wears away. The fossil appears on the surface.
c)
A living thing dies and is buried under layers of sand and soil.
d)
The fish cannot become a fossil.
20.
20. Choose the option that best describes the picture.
a)
Over a long period of time, sand and soil harden and turn into rock.
b)
As more time passes, the rock covering the fossil wears away. The fossil appears on the surface.
c)
A living thing dies and is buried under layers of sand and soil.
d)
The fish cannot become a fossil.
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