Earth History and Fossil Test
1. In what type of rock are fossils most likely found?
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2. The kind of rock fossil that has a hollow space in the shape of an
organism is called a __________________________________________.
The opposite kind of fossil is called a
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3. A dinosaur footprint is a __________________________ fossil and a
dinosaur leg bone is a ______________________________ fossil.
4. An index fossil is ___________________________________________
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5. What two conditions must there be for a fossil to be an index fossil?
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6. Describe how sedimentary rocks are formed.
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7. Put the eras in order of what happened first, second, third, and fourth.
(Paleozoic, Cenozoic, Precambrian, Mesozoic)
1.
2.
3.
4.
8. Give two examples of animal life for each of the eras.
Era
Animals
9. The age of the dinosaurs is _____________________________________
and the age of humans is ________________________________________.
10. Choose two eras, draw a Venn diagram, and compare and contrast the
two eras. Do this on the back.
Word Bank
Mesozoic
Cenozoic
Paleozoic
Precambrian
sedimentary
igneous
cast fossil
index fossil
mold fossil
trace fossil
true fossil
Earth History and Fossil Test
1. In what type of rock are fossils most likely found?
sedimentary
cast fossil
igneous
index fossil
sedentary
mold fossil
trace fossil
true fossil
2. The kind of rock fossil that has a hollow space in the shape of an
organism is called a __________________________________________.
3. The opposite kind of fossil is called a
__________________________________________________________.
4. A dinosaur footprint is a __________________________ fossil.
5. A dinosaur leg bone is a ______________________________ fossil.
6. Draw a fossil and tell which type it is.
7. Describe what fossils look like.
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8. Describe how sedimentary rocks are formed.
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9. Put the eras in order of what happened first, second, third, and fourth.
(Paleozoic, Cenozoic, Precambrian, Mesozoic)
1.
2.
3.
4.
10.Match which animal lived in which era.
Humans
Mesozoic
First reptiles
Paleozoic
Dinosaurs
Cenozoic
First single cell animals
Precambrian