Unit C Chapter 2
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- 1.Which of these can form fossils?
- A.
Bones and leaves
- B.
Skin, hair, muscles
- C.
Composite rocks and plants
- D.
Igneous and sedimentary rocks
- 2.Which is an example of a trace fossil?
- A.
Footprint
- B.
Skeleton
- C.
Leaf
- D.
Trilobite
- 3.A mold forms when the remains of a dead plant or animal are
- A.
Changed by chemicals
- B.
Washed out of rock by water
- C.
Destroyed by heat and pressure
- D.
Trapped in sticky sap
- 4.A tree buried in a mineral hot spring would probably form a
- A.
Trace fossil
- B.
Mold fossil
- C.
Time scale
- D.
Petrified fossil
- 5.By studying an animal's ___________, scientists can find out what the animal might have eaten.
- A.
Tracks
- B.
Bones
- C.
Droppings
- D.
Burrow
- 6.When heat and pressure destroy most of the buried remains of a plant or animal, a thin covering called ________________ is left behind.
- A.
Carbon film
- B.
Fossil cast
- C.
Petrified fossil
- D.
Tar pits
- 7.A ______ is an imprint left by the outside of a plant or animal.
- A.
Mold
- B.
Cast
- C.
Outline
- D.
Indention
- 8.When minerals take the place of once-living materials, _______ fossils are formed.
- A.
Mold
- B.
Physical
- C.
Amber
- D.
Petrified
- 9.Fossils that show how long-dead animals changed their environments are
- A.
Casts
- B.
Petrified fossils
- C.
Amber
- D.
Trace fossils
- 10.A _______ is made when minerals fill a mold and have the same shape as the original living thing.
- A.
Amber
- B.
Cast
- C.
Fossil
- D.
Mold
- 11.A fuel that is used mainly for transportation is
- A.
Natural gas
- B.
Petroleum
- C.
Anthricite
- D.
Lignite
- 12.A gas used for heating and cooking is
- A.
Petroleum
- B.
Natural gas
- C.
Fossil fuel
- D.
Lignite
- 13.The type of coal that contains the most carbon and burns the hottest is
- A.
Peat
- B.
Lignite
- C.
Anthricite
- D.
Bituminous coal
- 14.Which type of coal is used in most factories?
- A.
Peat
- B.
Lignite
- C.
Anthricite
- D.
Bituminous coal
- 15._______ is an early form of coal made up by dead swamp plants.
- A.
Peat
- B.
Lignite
- C.
Bituminous coal
- D.
Anthricite
- 16.In layers of rock, the _______ layer is probably the oldest.
- A.
Top
- B.
Middle
- C.
Bottom
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