Earth Science Fossil and Geological History Quiz Seventh Grade

Question 1

What does finding soft material, like tissue, tell us about fossils?

Accepted Answer

The bones are not as old as scientists thought.

Question 2

What is this mosquito trapped in?

Accepted Answer

amber

Question 3

What do evolutionary scientists believe about this Coelacanth fossil?

Accepted Answer

It was extinct.

Question 4

These footprints are an example of what type of fossil?

Accepted Answer

trace

Question 5

This is a bivalve fossil that was closed when it was petrified. What do you know about it?

Accepted Answer

It was alive when it was covered with sediment.

Question 6

This shell is a fossil type known as

Accepted Answer

mold and cast.

Question 7

Why did evolutionary scientists think the Coelacanth fossil is different from other fish?

Accepted Answer

They thought it once walked on land.

Question 8

What fossil evidence supports the story of Noah and a world wide flood?

Accepted Answer

There are fossils of ocean animals on high mountains.

Question 9

What have scientists found in dinosaur bones and teeth that they hadn't before?

Accepted Answer

Soft material; tissue

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