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Identifying Fossils

Total questions: 28

Worksheet time: 14mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Identify this fossil.

a)

carbon film

b)

remains

c)

petrified

d)

trace

2.

Identify this fossil.

a)

petrified

b)

cast

c)

mold

d)

trace

3.

Identify this fossil.

a)

petrified

b)

carbon film

c)

mold

d)

trace

4.

Identify this fossil.

a)

mold

b)

cast

c)

trace

d)

petrified

5.

Identify this fossil.

a)

remains

b)

trace

c)

mold

d)

petrified

6.

Identify this fossil.

a)

remains

b)

cast

c)

carbon film

d)

petrified

7.

Identify this fossil.

a)

mold

b)

trace

c)

remains

d)

cast

8.

Identify this fossil.

a)

mold

b)

trace

c)

carbon film

d)

remains

9.

Identify this fossil.

a)

remains

b)

mold

c)

petrified

d)

cast

10.

Identify this fossil.

a)

trace

b)

carbon film

c)

remains

d)

cast

11.

Identify this fossil.

a)

trace

b)

carbon film

c)

remains

d)

mold

12.

Identify this fossil.

a)

mold

b)

petrified

c)

cast

d)

trace

13.

Identify this fossil.

a)

remains

b)

mold

c)

petrified

d)

trace

14.

Identify this fossil.

a)

carbon film

b)

cast

c)

remains

d)

petrified

15.

Identify this fossil.

a)

remains

b)

mold

c)

trace

d)

carbon film

16.

Larger animals are more likely to fossilize than smaller animals

a)

True

b)

False

17.

When bones are turned into stone by deposit of minerals, the process is called?

a)

imprinting

b)

molding

c)

petrification

d)

casting

18.

If an insect gets caught in ice and is frozen

a)

a mold forms

b)

they are preserved

c)

they form cast

d)

they disintegrate

19.

the hollow area left in sediments by an organism that has decayed

a)

cast

b)

mold

c)

trace fossil

d)

petrified

20.

By studying fossils scientist can learn which of the following

a)

Types of organisms

b)

types of environment

c)

the way organisms look

d)

All of the above

21.

any evidence of past plant or animal life that is preserved in the material of the Earth's crust.

a)

Geologic Time Scale

b)

Eon

c)

Fossil

d)

Sedimentary

22.

Fossils are found in which type of Rock

a)

Sedimentary

b)

Igneous

c)

metaphoric

23.

Black thin, looks like a painting

a)

cast

b)

mold

c)

preserved fossil

d)

carbon film

24.

Looks like a statue, rock takes the shape of animal or plant

a)

cast

b)

mold

c)

trace

d)

carbon

25.

Hallow SPACE that looks like something

a)

mold

b)

trace

c)

cast

d)

petriified

26.

Minirals replace cells, filled with minerals

a)

mold

b)

trace

c)

petrified

d)

cast

27.

amber, tar, ice

a)

trace

b)

preserved

c)

cast

d)

mold

28.

not a piece of the plant or animal

a)

trace

b)

cast

c)

mold

d)

carbon film