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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. Fossils show that many species have become extinct.
- B. Humans and dinosaurs lived at the same time.
- C. Insects can be preserved in amber (fossilised tree resin).
- D. Fossils in deeper rock layers are usually older.
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Question 2
Fossils of tropical ferns have been found in Antarctica. What is the best explanation?
- A. Antarctica has always been tropical
- B. The fossils were carried there by penguins
- C. Ferns grow in ice today
- D. Antarctica was once in a warmer location, before plate movement carried it south
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Question 3
Fossils: which statement is NOT true?
- A. Most living things that ever lived did not become fossils.
- B. Insects can be preserved in amber (fossilised tree resin).
- C. Fossils in deeper rock layers are usually older.
- D. Humans and dinosaurs lived at the same time.
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Question 4
Why do we have very few fossils of jellyfish?
- A. Jellyfish never existed in the past
- B. They live on land
- C. They have no hard parts, so they usually rot before being preserved
- D. They are too big
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Question 5
Fossils: which statement is NOT true?
- A. Fossils in deeper rock layers are usually older.
- B. Insects can be preserved in amber (fossilised tree resin).
- C. Most living things that ever lived did not become fossils.
- D. Humans and dinosaurs lived at the same time.
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Question 6
Footprints and burrows preserved in rock are called…
- A. crystals
- B. trace fossils
- C. body fossils
- D. minerals
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Question 7
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. Fossils form in a few years.
- D. Most living things that ever lived did not become fossils.
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Question 8
Why do we have very few fossils of jellyfish?
- A. Jellyfish never existed in the past
- B. They have no hard parts, so they usually rot before being preserved
- C. They are too big
- D. They live on land
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Question 9
Fossils: which statement is NOT true?
- A. Fossils in deeper rock layers are usually older.
- B. Insects can be preserved in amber (fossilised tree resin).
- C. Fossils form in a few years.
- D. Most living things that ever lived did not become fossils.
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Question 10
Fossils of tropical ferns have been found in Antarctica. What is the best explanation?
- A. Antarctica has always been tropical
- B. The fossils were carried there by penguins
- C. Ferns grow in ice today
- D. Antarctica was once in a warmer location, before plate movement carried it south
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Question 11
Fossils: which statement is NOT true?
- A. Insects can be preserved in amber (fossilised tree resin).
- B. Fossils show that many species have become extinct.
- C. Most living things that ever lived did not become fossils.
- D. Fossils form in a few years.

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Answer key: How fossils form and what they reveal

1. B. Humans and dinosaurs lived at the same time.
2. D. Antarctica was once in a warmer location, before plate movement carried it south
3. D. Humans and dinosaurs lived at the same time.
4. C. They have no hard parts, so they usually rot before being preserved
5. D. Humans and dinosaurs lived at the same time.
6. B. trace fossils
7. C. Fossils form in a few years.
8. B. They have no hard parts, so they usually rot before being preserved
9. C. Fossils form in a few years.
10. D. Antarctica was once in a warmer location, before plate movement carried it south
11. D. Fossils form in a few years.