Dead organisms are quickly buried for millions of years.
Animals get trapped.
All of the above
Q.3.
What are the 3 main fossil fuels?
Coal, oil, and vegetable oil.
Coal, Oil, and Natural Gas
Electricity, Gasoline, Petroleum
Coal, Oil, Non-renewable Resources
Q.4.
What had to be applied in order to make buried organic matter into fossil fuels?
Industrial Pollution
Ocean Currents
Volcanic Activity
Heat and pressure
Q.5.
Fossil Fuels form in sedimentary rocks when -
plants use the nutrients in the sediments to grow
organic matter is buried along with sediments
rivers carry sediments down mountainsides
sediments are used by humans as a resource
Q.6.
Sedimentary rocks form when broken bits of other rock are deposited and then -
buried and squeezed and cemented together.
melted by the heat of the Earth's core
completely dissolved in the salt water of the ocean
used by humans as a natural resource
Q.7.
Where are most fossils found?
In sand dunes
In volcanoes
In igneous rocks
In sedimentary rocks
Q.8.
Which of the following substances is not able to preserve entire organisms?
sticky tar
water
amber
ice
Q.9.
Scientist study the ____________________ to learn about the history of life, past environments on Earth, and how different groups of organisms have changed over time.
fossil record
animal record
historical record
Earth record
Q.10.
What type of fossils provide evidence of the activities of ancient organisms?
molds and casts
petrified fossils
trace fossils
carbon films
Q.11.
A solid copy of the shape of an organism is...
a fossil record
a mold
a carbon film
a cast
Q.12.
The gradual change in living things over time is..
transition
evolution
age
revolution
Q.13.
Most fossils form when living things die and are buried by _______________ that hardens into rock over time.
sediment
people
cement
ants
Q.14.
An organism is ______________ if it no longer exits and will never live again on Earth.
rare
extinct
plentiful
missing
Q.15.
What is an extremely thin coating of carbon on rock?
sediment
sap
tar
carbon film
Q.16.
A hollow area in sediment in the shape of an organism or part of an organism is.....
a cast
a mold
a trace fossil
a petrified fossil
Q.17.
A ______________________ is a scientist who studies fossils.
biologist
chemist
paleontologist
astronomer
Q.18.
Fossils can tell us how organisms communicated with each other.
True
False
Q.19.
Which is NOT a step in the process an organism goes through to become a fossil?
Layers of sediment build up on the buried body.
A organism dies and is buried quickly.
Minerals fill the spaces of the decaying bone.
An organism becomes extinct.
Q.20.
How do scientists learn about dinosaurs?
by studying fossils
by reading about them
by watching movies
by looking at pictures
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