Fossils(General Knowledge > General Science ) Questions and Answers

Question 1. Which is NOT a reason scientists study fossils?
  1.    They tell us how long a species existed on Earth.
  2.    To learn how organisms are related to each other.
  3.    How organisms communicated with each other.
  4.    Fossils tell scientists the types of environments that organisms lived in.
Explanation:-
Answer: Option C. -> How organisms communicated with each other.
Question 2. What are the 3 main fossil fuels?
  1.    Coal, oil, and vegetable oil. 
  2.    Coal, Oil, and Natural Gas
  3.    Electricity, Gasoline, Petroleum
  4.    Coal, Oil, Non-renewable Resources
Explanation:-
Answer: Option B. -> Coal, Oil, and Natural Gas
Question 3. Some students made a model to show one of the first steps in the formation of sedimentary rock
  1.    Sedimentary rock is made of layers.
  2.    Sedimentary rock is cemented bits of rock.
  3.    Sedimentary rock is often limestone.
  4.    Sedimentary rock is common in Texas.
Explanation:-
Answer: Option A. -> Sedimentary rock is made of layers.
Question 4. A student creates a model of the formation of fossil fuels by first placing a layer of leaves, representing organic matter, in the bottom of a cup
  1.    Pouring water over the leaves to model washing away by rivers. 
  2.    adding sand on top of the leaves to model burial in sediments. 
  3.    Burning the leaves to model the decay of organic matter. 
  4.    Putting the leaves in the freezer to model conditions on top of mountains. 
Explanation:-
Answer: Option B. -> adding sand on top of the leaves to model burial in sediments. 
Question 5. Sedimentary rocks form when broken bits of other rock are deposited and then -
  1.    buried and squeezed and cemented together. 
  2.    melted by the heat of the Earth's core
  3.    completely dissolved in the salt water of the ocean 
  4.    used by humans as a natural resource
Explanation:-
Answer: Option A. -> buried and squeezed and cemented together. 
Question 6. The remains of an organism studied by scientists is called a ____________
  1.    paleontologist
  2.    fossil
  3.    dinosaur
  4.    shark
Explanation:-
Answer: Option B. -> fossil
Question 7. When something is _____________________ it no longerexists
  1.    extinct
  2.    preserved
  3.    endangered
  4.    rotting
Explanation:-
Answer: Option A. -> extinct
Question 8. What had to be applied in order to make buried organic matter into fossil fuels?
  1.    Industrial Pollution
  2.    Ocean Currents
  3.    Volcanic Activity
  4.    Heat and pressure
Explanation:-
Answer: Option D. -> Heat and pressure
Question 9. What is a fossil?
  1.    A leaf from a dead tree.
  2.    Bones from a fish that people eat.
  3.    What is left from a plant or animal that lived long ago.
  4.    A drawing of a Tyrannosaurus Rex.
Explanation:-
Answer: Option C. -> What is left from a plant or animal that lived long ago.
Question 10. How do scientists learn about dinosaurs?
  1.    by studying fossils
  2.    by reading about them
  3.    by watching movies
  4.    by looking at pictures
Explanation:-
Answer: Option A. -> by studying fossils
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