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Take This Quiz To Know About Fossils!

6th - University grade
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1 Question
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Fossils can also form through a process called _________, which happens when minerals replace previously living material.


Carbonization  

Civilization

Petrification

2 Question
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The study of life that existed in geologic periods through fossils is called ___________.


Paleontology

Philanthropist

Anthropology

3 Question
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Fossils of poop are called _______, and they can tell us what a creature ate.


Trilobites

Brachiopods 

Coprolites

4 Question
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The oldest known fossil is from a _______ that lived in South Africa about 3.2 billion years ago.


Rock

Blue-green algae

Animal Poop

5 Question
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Most Fossils are found when the rocks of the landscape are worn away by ______ and water, exposing the fossils.


Wind

Plants

Seed

6 Question
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Fossils are useful for ________ to learn about extinct species.


Teachers 

Doctors 

Scientists

7 Question
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Animals Footprints are what type of fossil that are left behind when they are alive.


Trace

Mummified

Remains

8 Question
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Fossils may be found almost anywhere _______ rocks are exposed.


Sedimentary

Limestone

Granite

9 Question
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A paleo-species is most often defined from the fossil record based on:


The reproduction of fertile offspring

Morphology

DNA comparisons

10 Question
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The body of an animal is more likely to become fossilized if it:


It is buried deeply in the ground.

It is left on the surface of the ground.

It does not contain bones or other hard body parts.