Fossil Record Quiz

Middle school level fossil record quiz covering:

• Earth’s history
• The fossil record
• Rock strata
• Very basics of geologic time
• Law of superposition (although this specific term is not used)

Get this quiz in our Earth/Space Science Assessment Bundle!

This quiz includes 10 multiple-choice questions and covers an OVERVIEW of these topics – NOT the nitty-gritty detail of era names or specific organisms that lived in each era. Students also do NOT need to know exactly how fossils form or be able to recognize specific fossils. The focus of this quiz is that Earth’s life forms and climate have changed over time and that this can be seen in the fossil record.

TWO VERSIONS! Two similar versions of the assessment are provided. They have identical questions, but different answer choices. Wandering eyes will see a quiz that looks like their own, but has different answers.

You may also be interested in:

• Set of 3 Varied Fossils Worksheets
• Earth’s History Test

Teacher Notes:

• This is the same Earth’s History quiz as found in the Earth Science section of our store. If you have that, you already own this!
• Supports NGSS MS-LS4-1 and ESS1-4.
• INCLUDES ANSWER KEY.
• Please note that this fossil record quiz is not editable.
• Check out more resources in the Earth’s history section of our store!