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FOSSILS MCQs

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Question 11. Which is NOT a step in the process an organism goes through to become a fossil?
  1.    Layers of sediment build up on the buried body.
  2.    A organism dies and is buried quickly.
  3.    Minerals fill the spaces of the decaying bone.
  4.    An organism becomes extinct.
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option D. -> An organism becomes extinct.
Question 12. Fossils can tell us how organisms communicated with each other
  1.    True
  2.    False
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option B. -> False
Question 13. The gradual change in living things over time is
  1.    transition
  2.    evolution
  3.    age
  4.    revolution
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option B. -> evolution
Question 14. A solid copy of the shape of an organism is
  1.    a fossil record
  2.    a mold
  3.    a carbon film
  4.    a cast
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option D. -> a cast
Question 15. How are fossils created?
  1.    Traces of organisms harden like rock. 
  2.    Dead organisms are quickly buried for millions of years.
  3.    Animals get trapped.
  4.    All of the above
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option D. -> All of the above
Question 16. Most fossils form when living things die and are buried by _______________ that hardens into rock over time
  1.    sediment
  2.    people
  3.    cement
  4.    ants
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option A. -> sediment
Question 17. Which is NOT a way an organism could become a fossil?
  1.    It can be frozen in ice.
  2.    It can be quickly buried in sediment after death.
  3.    It can be trapped in the resin of a tree.
  4.    It can be left out in the sun to decompose.
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option D. -> It can be left out in the sun to decompose.
Question 18. An organism should be buried quickly after it dies if it has a chance of becoming a fossil
  1.    True
  2.    False
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option A. -> True
Question 19. Which type of fossil is created when an organism gets trapped in tree resin?
  1.    Trace
  2.    Mold/Imprint
  3.    Amber
  4.    Cast
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option C. -> Amber
Question 20. An organism is ______________ if it no longer exits and will never live again on Earth
  1.    rare
  2.    extinct
  3.    plentiful
  4.    missing
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option B. -> extinct

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