Chapter 3 Fossils Quiz

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All about fssils, 6th grade quiz

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1.

What are fossils?
- A.
  
  Preserved remains or traces of living things
- B.
  
  Animals that recently died
- C.
  
  One celled animals
- D.
  
  Animals that died 400 years ago
- E.
  
  Only dead people
2.

A mold is
3.

A cast fossil is
4.

A petrified fossil is
- A.
  
  When minerals replace all or part of an organism
- B.
  
  Solid copy of the shape of an organism
- C.
  
  An extremely thin coating of carbon on rock
5.

A carbon film
6.

A trace fossil provides
7.

Molds and cast are
- A.
  
  The most common type of fossil
- B.
  
  Both copy the shape of an organism
- C.
  
  Both A and B
- D.
  
  None of the above
8.

To form a fossil living things must die and get buried by
9.

Fossils provide evidence of
- A.
  
  Provide evidence how life has changed over time
- B.
  
  Provide clues of what past enviroments were like
- C.
  
  Help scientists infer how the earth's surface has changed
- D.
  
  All of the above
10.

Scientis believe that earth formed about
11.

Scientis believe that earth began as a ball of dust, rock, and ice in space that was pulled together by gravity
- A.
  
  True
- B.
  
  False
12.

A comet is a

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