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How fossils form and what they reveal

6th grade (Year 7 in England) · 11 questions · Common Core: NGSS.MS-LS4-1, NGSS.MS-ESS1-4 · England: KS2 Y6 Evolution and inheritance, KS3 Chemistry: Earth and atmosphere

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Question 1
Fossils: which statement is NOT true?
- A. Most living things that ever lived did not become fossils.
- B. Humans and dinosaurs lived at the same time.
- C. Fossils show that many species have become extinct.
- D. Fossils in deeper rock layers are usually older.
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Question 2
Why are fossils usually found in sedimentary rock, not igneous rock?
- A. Sedimentary rock is magnetic
- B. Igneous rock forms from molten rock that would destroy remains
- C. Igneous rock is too young
- D. Animals never lived near volcanoes
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Question 3
Fossils: which statement is NOT true?
- A. Fossils show that many species have become extinct.
- B. Insects can be preserved in amber (fossilised tree resin).
- C. Most living things that ever lived did not become fossils.
- D. Fossils are the actual bones, unchanged.
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Question 4
Footprints and burrows preserved in rock are called…
- A. crystals
- B. trace fossils
- C. minerals
- D. body fossils
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Question 5
Fossils: which statement is NOT true?
- A. Fossils in deeper rock layers are usually older.
- B. Fossils are the actual bones, unchanged.
- C. Insects can be preserved in amber (fossilised tree resin).
- D. Most living things that ever lived did not become fossils.
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Question 6
Footprints and burrows preserved in rock are called…
- A. minerals
- B. crystals
- C. trace fossils
- D. body fossils
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Question 7
Fossils: which statement is NOT true?
- A. Fossils show that many species have become extinct.
- B. Most living things that ever lived did not become fossils.
- C. Fossils form in a few years.
- D. Insects can be preserved in amber (fossilised tree resin).
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Question 8
Why are fossils usually found in sedimentary rock, not igneous rock?
- A. Igneous rock is too young
- B. Animals never lived near volcanoes
- C. Igneous rock forms from molten rock that would destroy remains
- D. Sedimentary rock is magnetic
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Question 9
Fossils: which statement is NOT true?
- A. Most living things that ever lived did not become fossils.
- B. Fossils show that many species have become extinct.
- C. Insects can be preserved in amber (fossilised tree resin).
- D. Fossils form in a few years.
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Question 10
Why are fossils usually found in sedimentary rock, not igneous rock?
- A. Igneous rock is too young
- B. Animals never lived near volcanoes
- C. Sedimentary rock is magnetic
- D. Igneous rock forms from molten rock that would destroy remains
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Question 11
Fossils: which statement is NOT true?
- A. Fossils in deeper rock layers are usually older.
- B. Fossils show that many species have become extinct.
- C. Humans and dinosaurs lived at the same time.
- D. Insects can be preserved in amber (fossilised tree resin).

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