NAME :

Sama
Chemistry CLASS : 7G
Department
Fossils DATE :

1. What does a paleontologist study?

A volcanoes B organisms that are alive today

C fossils D trees

2. Which fossil is the youngest?

A fossil A B fossil B

C fossil C D fossil D

3. According to the fossil record, which fossil is the oldest?

A fossil A B fossil B

C fossil C D fossil D

4. You find shark tooth and fish fossils in an area that is now a forest. What can you
infer about the history of this place?

A The area was once covered in ice B The area was once a desert

C The area was once an ocean D The area was once a valley

5. Wind blows around sand sediments and they get dropped in a new place. This process
of dropping off sediments is called?

A erosion B weathering

C condensation D deposition

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 6.Which is not true about fossils?

fossils can be traces of organisms Fossils can be found in ary

A B
footprints and body structure sediment
rock
layers
C fossils are only animals remains D
fossils show the history of Earth

7. there are.............types of soil

A 4 B 3

C 2 D 5

8. An organism that no longer lives is

called?

A Extinct B Preserved

C Evolved D Decayed

9. Not all organisms become fossils

A False B True

10. Plants cannot form fossils

A True B False

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