Fossils and Paleontology Quiz

In what type of rock are fossils found?

• Igneous

• Sedimentary

• Metamorphic

• Volcanic

What are fossils?

• An old rock

• Preserved remains or traces of animals, plants, and other organisms from the remote past

• A rock found underground

• A rock found in ice

What is paleontology?

• Age of fossils

• Amount of fossils

• Fossil record

• Study of fossils

Which of the following is NOT a condition for forming fossils?

• Left for a long period of time

• Layers of sediments build up over the organism

• Sunk deep into the ground

• Quick burial of organism

Hard structures are structures that are decayed or eaten by scavengers and are not usually fossilized.

• True

• False

Fossils and the rock layer they are found in are approximately the same age.

• True

• False

What is the Law of Superposition?

• Study of fossils

• Age of fossils

• Amount of fossils

• Fossil record

Which of the following is NOT a type of fossilization?

• Petrification

• Tar and Ice

• Erosion

• Trace Fossils

Which fossilization process leaves behind a dark film on a sedimentary rock?

• Fossil Resin

• Petrification

• Permineralization

• Carbonization

What type of fossilization results when the whole animal is preserved?

• Ice/Freezing

• Replacement

• Carbonization

• Permineralization