5th Grade Science Ch 2 Question Preview (ID: 21306)


Science Chapter 2: Fossils And Dinosaurs. TEACHERS: click here for quick copy question ID numbers.

The scientific study of fossils is called:
a) paleontology
b) forensicology
c) dinosaurology
d) geology

Removing fossils from rock and other materials around it is called:
a) reconstruction
b) excavation
c) preparation
d) geology

Label the following as Creationist or an Evolutionist view: Most fossils are about the same age since they were formed by the Flood.
a) Creationist
b) Evolutionist
c)
d)

Label the following as Creationist or an Evolutionist view: Life began with simple one-celled organisms which gradually changed to more complex forms of life.
a) Creationist
b) Evolutionist
c)
d)

Label the following as Creationist or an Evolutionist view: Simpler forms of life are found in lower rock layers, more advanced are found in upper rock layers.
a) Creationist
b) Evolutionist
c)
d)

Label the following as Creationist or an Evolutionist view: The position of a fossil in rock may show how the animal attempted to avoid the Flood's waters.
a) Creationist
b) Evolutionist
c)
d)

A paleontologist does all of the following EXCEPT:
a) reconstruction of fossils
b) excavation of fossils
c) preparation of fossils
d) painting fossils back to their original color

A scientist can tell any of the following from fossils EXCEPT:
a) size of the animal
b) what the animal may have eaten
c) where the animal probably lived
d) what color the animal was

Which of the following is NOT a way evolutionary scientists date fossils?
a) based on their placement inside rock layers; the further down they are the older they must be
b) using carbon dating; based on how little carbon is left in the fossil, one can tell how old it is
c) simpler life forms are found lower in the ground
d) using the Bible to date fossils

I am a dinosaur with very small arms compared to the rest of my body. What am I?
a) Tyrannosaurus rex
b) Stegosaurus
c) Sauropod
d) Brontosaurus

I have bony spikes down my body. What am I?
a) Spinosaur
b) Tyrannosaurus Rex
c) Stegosaurus
d) Brontosaurus

I have vertical plate-like bones running down my spine. What am I?
a) Tyrannosaurus rex
b) Stegosaurus
c) Sauropod
d) Brontosaurus

I was a land-dwelling, cold-blooded reptile, now extinct. What am I?
a) Crocodile
b) Dinosaur
c) Bumblebee
d) Mrs. Smith

I was a winged reptile with a thin, bony crest on top of my head, thought to have kept me balanced when flying. What am I?
a) Pteranodon
b) Stegosaurus
c) Sauropod
d) Pterodactyl

My name means 'egg stealer,' but scientists now think I actually PROTECTED the eggs in my own nest that they once thought I stole. What am I?
a) Oviraptor
b) Velociraptor
c) Tyrannosaurus Rex
d) Stegosaurus

I am mentioned in the book of Job. God describes me as having a 'tail like a cedar' and bones as strong as brass and iron. I may have been a typr of Sauropod. What am I?
a) Behemoth
b) Kronosaurus
c) Stegosaurus
d) Zeusadon

People who believe life on earth evolved are called:
a) Evolutionist
b) Creationist
c) Geologists
d) Paleontologists

People who believe God created the earth are called:
a) Evolutionist
b) Creationist
c) Geologist
d) Paleontologists

When the last of a certain plant or animal dies, what occurs?
a) decomposition
b) excavation
c) extinction
d) evolution

True or False? People draw conclusions about fossils based on what they believe about how the earth began:
a) True
b) False
c)
d)

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