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WorksheetsTypes of Fossils
Total questions: 28
Worksheet time: 20mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
Which type of fossil is pictured?
a)
mold
b)
cast
c)
carbon film
d)
petrified fossil
2.
Which type of fossil is pictured?
a)
petrified fossil
b)
preserved remains
c)
mold
d)
cast
3.
That fossil looks like a piece of a tree, but it's actually made of rock! What type of fossil is it?
a)
preserved remains
b)
petrified fossil
c)
carbon film
d)
trace fossil
4.
What type of fossil is pictured?
a)
cast
b)
petrified fossil
c)
preserved remains
d)
trace fossil
5.
What type of fossil is pictured?
a)
preserved remains
b)
trace fossil
c)
carbon film
d)
petrified fossil
6.
What type of fossil is pictured?
a)
mold
b)
cast
c)
trace fossil
d)
petrified fossil
7.
Which type of fossil can tell you about the BEHAVIOR of ancient organisms? (ex. how they hunted, what kind of home they created, etc.)
a)
mold
b)
cast
c)
trace fossil
d)
preserved remains
8.
Which type of fossil did we make when we pressed the "organism" into play-doh?
a)
mold
b)
cast
c)
carbon film
d)
petrified fossil
9.
Which type of fossil was created when we poured the plaster into the play-doh mold?
a)
mold
b)
cast
c)
carbon film
d)
petrified fossil
10.
What word do we use to describe a species which has no members still living?
a)
endangered
b)
extinct
11.
What are minerals?
a)
types of salt
b)
rocks with a hardness of 1 or more on the MOH scale
c)
Different kinds of crystals that make up rocks
d)
rocks formed my two crystals
12.
Which sentence describes weathering?
a)
High pressure systems that cause storms.
b)
weather that forms around high mountains?
c)
a natural process that breaks rocks into smaller pieces
d)
the process of animals hibernating.
13.
This is produced when sediments fill in a cavity made when an object decayed
a)
mold
b)
cast
c)
index fossil
14.
Fossils of species that existed for short periods and were widespread
a)
uniformitarianism
b)
cyanobacteria
c)
index fossils
15.
What is a cavity in rock made when an organism decayed
a)
mold
b)
cast
c)
fossil
16.
What is a large ancient landmass?
a)
Pangaea
b)
Cyanobacteria
c)
Africa
d)
Jumanji
17.
What are the remains, imprints, or traces of once-living organisms?
a)
index fossils
b)
fossil
c)
mold
d)
cast
18.
Which type of scientist studies fossils?
a)
meteorologist
b)
chemist
c)
paleontologist
d)
fossilologist
19.
The soft parts of organisms are most likely to become fossils.
a)
True
b)
False
20.
2. Which type of fossil is this?
a)
Body Fossil
b)
Trace Fossil
21.
4. What is the name of this kind of fossil?
a)
Amber Fossil
b)
Exoskeleton fossil
c)
Trace Fossil
d)
Petrification Fossil
22.
The youngest fossils would be found in which layer of rock?
a)
Top layer of rock
b)
Middle layer of rock
c)
Bottom layer of rock
23.
What type of fossil is an imprint in a rock?
a)
cast
b)
trace
c)
mold
d)
whole/part
24.
The following are characteristics of which rock type:
made of broken pieces of rock, sand, and shell, straight layers, contains fossils
made of broken pieces of rock, sand, and shell, straight layers, contains fossils
a)
Metamorphic
b)
Igneous
c)
Sedimentary
d)
None
25.
What type of fossil is made of water and minerals hardening into rock in the mold of the decomposed animal, plant, or shell?
a)
trace
b)
cast
c)
mold
d)
whole/part
26.
Which layer of rock is the oldest?
a)
A
b)
B
c)
C
d)
D
27.
People who studies fossils are called....
a)
Geologists
b)
Paleontologists
28.
People who study the earth, its structure, rocks, and minerals are called....
a)
paleontologists
b)
astronomers
c)
geologists
d)
dentists
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