Fossils Quiz

In which type of fossil has once-living material been replaced by minerals?

• petrified wood

• a carbon film

• amber

• a trace fossil

Click the answer that best explains why the object in this image is a fossil.

• It has no soft parts.

• It was dug up by a paleontologist.

• It took a very long time to form from a once-living organism.

• There are similar shells on Earth today.

Circle all of the phrases that describe a fossil.

• woolly mammoth frozen in ice

• pinecone from a city park

• impression of a leaf in a rock

• an empty seashell on a beach

The skeleton of a fish that died and became buried in the ocean floor a month ago is a fossil.

• True

• False

All of the organisms that lived millions of years ago are extinct.

• True

• False

Mark all of the phrases that describe a fossil.

• empty crab shells on a rocky beach

• imprints of leaves on a concrete sidewalk

• muddy paw prints across a tile floor

• dinosaur footprints and petrified eggs

• a butterfly enclosed in amber

Fossils come in all shapes and sizes. But no matter the shape or size, they all came from ___________________________.

• living organisms

• petrified egg

• dinosaur bones

• amber

Fossils provide evidence of ___________________________ organisms that no longer live on Earth.

• large

• fossil

• extinct

• many

Which of these would give a scientist evidence about the size of the once-living organism? Circle all that apply.

• fossilized footprints

• a petrified tree stump

• a frog trapped in amber

• a fish bone

Circle the answer that best explains why the object in this image is a fossil.

• It has no soft parts.

• It was dug up by a paleontologist.

• It took a very long time to form from a once-living organism.

• There are similar shells on Earth today.