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Earth's History And Fossils
Test Description: Examples of fossils and how they are used to study Earth's history
Instructions: Answer all questions to get your test result.
1) About how old is Earth?
A
100 billion years
B
4.6 billion years
C
100 million years
D
1.5 billion years
2) What is a fossil?
A
the skin from dinosaurs
B
very old rocks
C
the preserved remains of organisms
D
rock formed from bits of sediment
3) Which is NOT something that can become a fossil?
A
shell
B
footprint
C
fur
D
bone
4) Fossils are mostly found in
A
sedimentary rock
B
magma rock
C
metamorphic rock
D
igneous rock
5) Fossils of ocean animals are found in the Piedmont of Virginia. What conclusions can you draw from this?
A
The animals traveled up the James River.
B
The animals used to have legs.
C
It doesn't tell you anything.
D
The Piedmont used to be covered by ocean.
6) Fossils of an animal are found in many layers of rock. What conclusions can you draw from this?
A
The animal has been around for a long time.
B
The animal is a great digger.
C
It doesn't tell you anything.
D
The animal is very large.
7) What can you NOT tell from the fossil of a plant impression?
A
the shape of the plant
B
the size of the plant
C
the length of the plant's leaves
D
the color of the plant
8) What can you tell from the fossil of a dinosaur?
A
its color
B
its exact age
C
its size
D
the texture of its skin
9) I found fossils of trilobites in several layers of rock. No other trilobites have been found in the top four layers of rock. What conclusions can you draw from this?
A
It doesn't tell you anything.
B
Trilobites became extinct.
C
Trilobites never exhisted.
D
Trilobites weren't dying anymore.
10) Preserve means
A
to breakdown into small pieces
B
to make last longer
C
to melt
D
to change shape
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