FOSSIL TEST
DIVISION B
National Fossil Event
2004
20 STATIONS
1 1/2 MINUTES PER STATION
1. What is Fossil A?
G. Juresania H. Rafinesquina I. Composita J. Atrypa
2. What is Fossil B?
G. Juresania H. Rafinesquina I. Composita J. Atrypa
3. What is Fossil C?
G. Juresania H. Rafinesquina I. Composita J. Atrypa
4. What is Fossil D?
G. Juresania H. Rafinesquina I. Composita J. Atrypa
5. All the fossils at this station are _____.
A. Bivalves B. Mollusks C. Gastropods
D. Brachiopods
6. What is Fossil D?
A. Conus B. Pecten
C. Exogyra
D. Nucula
7. What is Fossil B?
A. Conus B. Pecten
C. Exogyra
D. Nucula
8. What is Fossil C?
A. Conus B. Pecten
C. Exogyra
D. Nucula
9. What is Fossil A?
A. Conus B. Pecten
C. Exogyra
D. Nucula
10. All the fossils at this station are _______.
X. Bivalvia
Y. Gastropoda
Z. Mollusca
11. All the fossils found at this station are _____.
A. plants B. echinoderms C. bryozoans
D. corals
12. Fossil C, found outside the box, is _____.
A. colonial
B. solitary
13. Which specimen at this station is a fossil Favosites?
A.
B.
C.
D.
14. Which specimen at this station is a fossil Halysites?
A.
B.
C.
D.
15. Fossil C is _____.
D. Devonian
F. Jurassic
E. Pre-Cambrian
G. Cretaceous
16. Fossil D. is _____.
A. a horn coral B. Rugosa
C. solitary D. All of the above
17. Which of the fossil at this station are coprolites?
A.
B.
C.
D.
E. (All the specimens)
18. Which of these fossils came from a theropod?
A.
B.
C.
D.
E. (All the specimens)
19. Which of the fossils at this station came from an herbivore?
A.
B.
C.
D.
E. (A, B, D)
20. Can scientists determine what dinosaurs ate by
examining the coprolites?
Y. (Yes)
N. (No)
21. From the footprint (outside the box) at this station, you
could determine that this theropod dinosaur was probably
_________.
A. walking
B. running
22. A mastodon is a warm-blooded mammal. Examine the cross
section of its fossil rib bone (outside the box) at this station.
Did this bone have Haversian canals?
Y. (Yes)
N. (No)
23. Examine the cross section of the fossil reptile foot bone (coldblooded) at this station. Did this bone have Haversian canals?
Y. (Yes)
N. (No)
24. Compare the above to the cross section of the dinosaur leg at
this station. You could determine that this dinosaur was ____.
A. warm-blooded
B. cold-blooded
25. Using 41.5 cm. as the length of the theropod footprint,
Determine the hip height of the dinosaur that left this
footprint. You may use the formula sheet outside the box
and the note paper provided. Throw your notes in the waste
container provided. What was the hip height?
A. 332 cm
B. 166 cm
C. 158 in.
26. Using 41.5 cm. as the length of the theropod footprint,
Determine the overall lenght of the dinosaur that left this
footprint. You may use the formula sheet outside the box
and the note paper provided. Throw your notes in the waste
container provided. What was the overall length?
A. 951 cm
B. 166 cm
C. 581 cm
27. Which specimen is a fossil Archimedes?
A.
B.
C.
D.
E.
28. Which specimen is a fossil gastropod? ?
A.
B.
C.
D.
E.
29. Which fossil is a brittle star? ?
A.
B.
C.
D.
E.
30. Which of the fossils is Stelleroidea?
A. (Fossil D)
B. (Fossil E)
C. (Fossils D & E)
31. Are all the fossils at this station graptolites?
Y. (Yes)
N. (No)
32. Is Fossil A in a matrix of sandstone?
Y. (Yes)
N. (No)
33. Is Fossil B in a matrix of limestone?
Y. (Yes)
N. (No)
34. All the fossils at this station are from which era?
A. Early Paleozoic
B. Late Paleozoic
C. Mesozoic
D. Cenozoic
35. Do graptolites make good index fossils?
Y. (Yes)
N. (No)
36. Which fossil is a cast?
A.
B.
C.
D.
37. Which fossil is an external mold?
A.
B.
C.
D.
38. Which fossil is an internal mold?
A.
B.
C.
D.
39. Which fossil is an example of limestone tomb?
A.
B.
C.
D.
40. Which fossil is an example of pyritization?
A.
B.
C.
D.
SAMPLE E IS LARGE AND OUTSIDE THE BOX.
41. Which fossil is a Calamites?
A.
B.
C.
D.
E.
42. Which fossil is a Platanus?
A.
B.
C.
D.
E.
43. Which fossil is a Lepidodendron?
A.
B.
C.
D.
E.
44. Which fossil is a Metasequoia?
A.
B.
C.
D.
E.
45. Which fossil is a lycopod?
A.
B.
C.
D.
E.
46. Examine both sides of fossil C. This fossil is very special
and rare because _____.
A. it is formed of sedimentary rock
B. it is a trace fossil
C. one side is a plant fossil and the other is a fossil fish
47. Outside the box is a replica of the Archaeopteryx fossil that
was found in Solnhofen, Germany (from the Late Jurassic
Period). What significance does it have as a fossil?
A. It was the first fossil found with feathers.
B. It was the earliest (oldest-known dinosaur).
48. The Nothosaur fossil replica, found in Guanglin, China (from
the Late Triassic Period) is a________.
A. reptile
B. bat
C. bony fish
49. Do both fossils, Archaeopteryx and the Nothosaur, have reptile
tails?
Y. (Yes)
N. (No)
50. Which fossil is a Lingula?
A.
B.
C.
D.
E.
51. Which fossil is a Leptaena?
A.
B.
C.
D.
E.
52. Which fossil is a Platystrophia?
A.
B.
C.
D.
E.
53. Which fossil is a Mucrospirifer?
A.
B.
C.
D.
E.
54. Are all the fossils at this station Bivalvia?
Y. (Yes)
N. (No)
55. A hadrosaur is _____ dinosaur?
A. a carnivorous
B. a duck-billed
C. an aquatic
56. Could the fossil replica tooth at this station come from a
hadrosaur?
Y. (Yes)
N. (No)
57. Hadrosaurs were present during which period?
A. Carboniferous
B. Devonian
C. Cretaceous
D. Triassic
58. What characteristic did hadrosaurs have in common with
Quaternary birds?
A. Flight
B. Feathers
C. Omnivores
D. Nest Builders
59. Examine the real fossil hadrosaur egg from China. Could a
Dinosaur, hatched from an egg of this size, grow to be 30 feet
long?
Y. (Yes)
N. (No)
60. Which fossil is an example of limestone tomb?
A.
B.
C.
D.
E.
F.
61. Which fossil is an example of carbonization?
A.
B.
C.
D.
E.
F.
62. Which fossil is an example of silicification?
A.
B.
C.
D.
E.
F.
63. Which fossil is an example of trapped in tar?
A.
B.
C.
D.
E.
F.
64. Which fossil is an example of trapped in amber?
A.
B.
C.
D.
E.
F.
65. The fossils in the round plastic box are _____.
P. plants
A. animals
66. Are the fossils in the round plastic box and the thin section
slide unicelluar organisms?
Y. (Yes)
N. (No)
67. What are the fossils in the round plastic box and the thin
section slide?
A. rice
B. Fusulinina
C. Nummulites
68. What are the three fossils in the square plastic box?
A. Ammonites
B. Fusulinina
C. Nummulites
69. Are the three fossils in the square plastic box unicelluar
organisms?
Y. (Yes)
N. (No)
70. What man made structure would you need to visit in order to
see nummulitic limestone?
A. Empire State Building
B. White House
C. Egyptian Pyramids
71. Examine the large Devonian fossil environment labeled A
(outside the box). Under what environmental conditions did
this these fossils form?
D. deep sea
E. lake bed
F. shallow marine
72. Are fossils B, C, D, & E plants or animals?
P. plants
A. animals
73. Did fossils B, C, D, & E live on land or in the sea ?
L. land
S. sea
74. Why do fossil shark teeth come in many colors?
A. They absorb some minerals from the sediments around
them.
B. Different types of sharks have different color teeth.
C. Age makes the difference.
75. With all the sharks teeth we find, why don't we find many
fossil shark bones?
A. Their bones are heavy and sink into the deep ocean.
B. Other organisms ate the shark skeleton.
C. Their skeleton is mostly made of cartilage and does not
fossilize easily.
D. (B & C) E. (A & B)
76. The smooth stones R,S, and T were found in a
dinosaur's _____.
A. kidney B. stomach C. gall bladder D. foot
77. What are these smooth stones called?
A. gallstones
B. kidney stones
C. gastroliths
D. coprolites
78. This dinosaur was _____
A. a carnivore
B. a herbivore
79. The sample (outside the box) labeled F is what sedimentary
rock?
S. fossil limestone
T. coquina
U. siltstone
80. Rock M is recrystallized coquina, forming aragonite. It then
recrystallized into the mineral _____.
A. quartz
B. halite
C. calcite
81. Which Fossil is an example of permineralization only?
A.
B.
C.
81. Which fossil is an example of permineralization and
recrystallization?
A.
B.
C.
83. Which fossil is an example of recrystallization only?
A.
B.
C.
84. All the fossils at this station are _____.
A. petrified wood
B. lycopds
C. Calamites
85. The fossilization process of filling vacant space is called
_____.
A. mummification
C. permineralization
B. infusion
D. transfusion
86. Trilobites are arthropods that _____.
A. lived both on land and in the sea
B. lived in a marine environment
C. lived in a dry land environment
87. What parts of the trilobite fossilized?
A. the soft body parts
B. the internal skeleton
C. the teeth
D. the exoskeleton
88. The trilobite gets its Class name from _____.
A. its cephalon, thorax, and pygidium
B. its central lobe and two pleurons
C. both A & B
89. The trilobite's pygidium is commonly known as its _____.
A. tail
B. trail
C. body
D. head
90. Trilobites are credited for having the first _____.
A. feet
B. teeth
C. eyes
D. tail
91. Which specimens are Brachiopoda?
A.
B.
C.
D.
E. (A & B)
F. (C & D)
92. Which specimens are Bivalvia?
A.
B.
C.
D.
E. (A & B)
F. (C & D)
93. Which specimens have bilateral symmetry?
A.
B.
C.
D.
E. (A & B)
F. (C & D)
G. (A, B, C, & D)
94. The fossils in the large plate marked Z out side the box are
_____.
J. Cnidaria
K. Arthropoda
L. Gastropoda
M. Orthocerida
95. The fossils in the large plate marked Z (outside the box) are in
what rock matrix?
A. shale
B. limestone
C. sandstone
D. coquina
96. What are fossils A thru E?
F. Turritella
G. belemnites
J. Juresania
K. ammonoids
H. echinoderms
97. Which of the fossils (A thru E) does not have sutures?
A.
B.
C.
D.
E.
98. Which fossil (A thru E) has the most complex suture patterns?
A.
B.
C.
D.
E.
99. Did the Ammonites live on land or in the sea ?
A. land
B. sea
100. Fossil G is ______.
A. a cephalopod
B. an echinoid
C. a Bellerophon
Results: High Score = 89
Number of teams below 50 = 5
Low Score = 38
Top 13 = 78 to 89