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Test Description: Elementary test on Fossils

Instructions: Answer all questions to get your test result.

1) Which is a fossil fuel?

Asoil Bcoal Ctrees Dwater

2) Which statement of the following statements about a fossil's depth is true?

AFossils from sea animals are found deep in the ground. BOlder fossils are found close to the surface. CYounger fossils are found deep in the ground. DOlder fossils are found deeper in the ground.

3) What is the best definition of a fossil?

ASomething that lived long ago BThe remains of something that lived long ago CA plant or animal DA dinosaur

4) Which of these might contain actual animal remains?

Aan imprint Ba model Ca cast Da piece of amber

5) What three parts of animals often become fossils?

Anails, bones, and hair Bshells, bones, and teeth Cheart, lungs, and stomach Dteeth, gills, heart

6) You are walking on wet sand along the beach. You notice your footprints behind you. What have you made?

Amold Bcasts Crocks Dimprints

7) Why should people conserve fossil fuels?

AFossil fuels are easy to make. BThey cannot be replaced. CThere are no more swamps on Earth. DThere are no more buried plants.

8) What is similar about a cast and a mold?

Ahow much mud they contain BTheir shape Ctheir color Dhow much water they contain

9) What is the best way scientists can learn about the environments of the past?

Afrom microorganisms Bfrom plants Cby writing books Dby studying fossils

10) Why do scientists think that Georgia was once underwater?

AMany fossils are of sea animals. BThe soil is still very wet. CWalking trout live in the Flint River. DAmmonites had hard shells like snails.

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