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Geo Time + Fossils
Total questions: 13
Worksheet time: 7mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
The second broadest category of geologic time is______________?. The Cenozoic is one of them.
a) eon
b) epoch
c) period
d) era
2.
There have been how many major extinction events on planet Earth?
a) 3
b) 2
c) 4
d) 5
3.
The epoch we are currently living in is the
a) Holocene
b) Quaternary
c) Cambrian
d) Pleistocene
4.
What are the names of ALL parts of the geologic time scale in correct order from broadest to
narrowest?
a)
era, eon, epoch, period
b)
era, period, eon
c)
eon, era, epoch, period
d)
eon, era, period, epoch
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5.
Known as the age of reptiles
a) Cambrian
b) Mesozoic
c) Cenozoic
d) Phanerozoic
6.
Q. What type of fossil is an imprint in a rock?
a) Petrified
b) Cast
c) Mold
d) Trace
7.
This type of fossil forms when a mold is filled with sand or mud that hardens into the shape of the
organism.
a) Mold
b) Cast
c) Trace
d) Petrified
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8.
This type of fossil forms when minerals soak into the buried remains, replacing the remains,
and changing them into rock.
a) Trace
b) Mold
c) Petrified
d) Cast
9.
Shells and skeletons are typically fossilized in this fashion.
a)
Petrified
b)
Cast and mold
c)
Carbonized or carbon film
d) Trace
10.
This type of scientist finds, preserves, and interprets fossils remains.
a) geologist
b) anthropologist
c) Archeologist
d) paleontologist
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11.
These fossils are distinguishable from other fossils because they were scattered over a
large region, very common, and lived during a short span of geologic time
a) Mold
b) Trace
c) Cast
d) Index
12.
What type of fossil is pictured?
a) Trace
b) Mold
c) Cast
d) Petrified
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13.
Remains of animals can be preserved by preventing them from decaying. What substances
might help preserve parts or a whole animal
a)
Rock, amber, ice
b)
tar, carbonization, rock
c)
Tar, amber, ice
d)
ice, carbonization, trace