Preserving Fossils
An ant in amber is a ________ fossil
a. Mold
b. Cast
c. Trace
d. True Form
d. True Form
If there is too much rain in an area it would cause:
a. drought
b. nothing
c. flooding
c. flooding
The youngest layer of rock is at the _________
top
What is an energy rich resource formed from buried remains as once living organisms?
a. Fossils
b. Rocks
c. Fossil Fuels
c. Fossil Fuels
Name a Dinosaur
Examples: T-rex, Stegosaurus, brontosaurus
Foot prints in the sand is a __________ fossil
a. Mold
b. Cast
c. Trace
d. True Form
Drought is the cause of:
a. Too much rain
b. no rain
c. a meteor impact
b. no rain
The oldest layer of rock is at the __________
bottom
Dinosaurs with flat teeth probably ate:
a. Fruits
b. Vegetation
c. Meat
d. Both a and b
e. None of the above
D. Both a and b
What would a Dinosaur with sharp teeth eat?
Meat
An imprint of a fossil is
a. Mold
b. Cast
c. Trace
d. True Form
a. Mold
If the cause is a volcanic eruption what would be the result?
a. There is a flood
b. dust and ash in the air
c. Lack of sunlight causes plants to die
c. Lack of sunlight causes plants to die
Scientist uses fossils they find in rocks to help figure out what?
a. relative age
b. exact age
c. what type of fur they have
d. what type of skin they have
a. relative age
What was the Era of the Age of Dinosaurs?
a. Paleozoic
b. Precambrian
c. Mesozoic
c. Mesozoic
Why did the Dinosaurs go extinct?
Meteor/ Asteroid
A mold filled in with clay, mud or cement is
a. Mold
b. Cast
c. Trace
d. True Form
b. Cast
If there was a meteor impact what would be the effect?
a. Dust and ash in the air
b. Flooding
c. Drought
a. Dust and ash in the air
What Law tells us that the youngest layers of rock are at the top and the oldest layers are at the bottom?
a. cross- cutting
b. superposition
c. original horizontality
b. superposition
Something that has lasted from a _________ ______ long _____.
Something that has lasted from a living thing long ago.
What Era did the Trilobites (Fishes) live in?
a. Mesozoic
b. Paleozoic
c. Precambrian
b. Paleozoic