Fossil Quiz

1. What is a fossil?

• a. trace or remains of a living thing that died long ago

• b. a type of rock

• c. an ancient artifact

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2. What does extinct mean?

• a. describes a living thing that is no longer found in a certain area

• b. describes a living thing that is no longer found in its original form

• c. describes a living thing that is no longer found on earth

• d. describes a living thing that is no longer found in its natural habitat

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3. Where are most fossils found?

• a. in amber

• b. in bones

• c. in rocks

• d. in mud

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4. Which of these is formed when mud or minerals fill in a mold?

• a. skeleton

• b. wood

• c. cast

• d. sap

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5. What is petrified wood made of?

• a. amber

• b. minerals

• c. wood

• d. mud

6. Which happens first when a fossil forms?

• a. soil and other sediments cover the remains

• b. scientists dig up a fossil

• c. a living thing becomes extinct

• d. a living thing dies

7. How are casts different from molds?

• a. molds are made when materials fill up a cast

• b. casts are plant fossils. Molds are animals fossils.

• c. casts are fossils. molds are not.

• d. casts are made when materials fill up a mold.

8. Which of the following groups is extinct?

• a. dinosaurs

• b. insects

• c. plants

• d. fish

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9. What can you infer about a place that has fish fossils?

• a. the place was once land

• b. that place is now a sea

• c. that place was once under a sea

• d. the fish did not live in water

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10. What can scientists learn from fossils?

• a. which plants will go extinct

• b. what sound animals in the past made

• c. the kinds of animals that lived on Earth in the past

• d. how Earth formed

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