WorksheetsFossils and Dating Methods Quiz
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 8mins
What are the different mediums used to create fossils?
Sand, mud, ice, water, lava, rock
Soil, clay, metal, glass, wood
Plastic, rubber, fabric, paper, stone
Air, fire, smoke, dust, ash
What is the difference between relative dating and radioactive dating?
Relative dating uses rock strata; radioactive dating uses fossil size
Relative dating uses fossil color; radioactive dating uses fossil shape
Relative dating uses rock strata; radioactive dating uses radioactive isotopes
Relative dating uses fossil weight; radioactive dating uses fossil texture
What are fossils?
Traces of organisms from the past
Modern remains of plants
Artificially created rock formations
Newly formed rock layers
Where are most fossils found?
In sedimentary rock
In igneous rock
In metamorphic rock
In volcanic rock
What are the layers formed by sediment and small rock particles called?
Strata
Crust
Mantle
Core
What is found at the bottom of rock strata?
Oldest layers
Newest layers
Middle layers
Random layers
What is an example of preserved remains?
Encased in amber
Floating in water
Buried in soil
Exposed to air
What is the half-life of Carbon-14?
5730 years
1000 years
2000 years
3000 years
What is the term for isotopes that decay into other isotopes over time?
Parent isotopes
Child isotopes
Sibling isotopes
Cousin isotopes
What is the term for the isotopes formed from decaying parent isotopes?
Daughter isotopes
Son isotopes
Brother isotopes
Sister isotopes
What is the process of using rock strata to determine the relative age of fossils called?
Relative dating
Absolute dating
Fossil dating
Age dating
What is the process of using radioactive isotopes to determine the actual age of fossils called?
Radioactive dating
Relative dating
Fossil dating
Age dating
What are mineralized remains?
Fossils turned into minerals
Fossils turned into water
Fossils turned into air
Fossils turned into fire
What carries small rock particles to lakes and seas?
Water
Wind
Fire
Ice
What forms when dead organisms are buried by layers of sediment?
New rock layers
New plant life
New animal species
New water bodies
