Make a future fossil sculpture | Art and design | Quizalize & Oak National Academy

Starter quiz

Sculpture primarily involves carving shapes out of wood or stone.
- True
- False ✓
Match the keywords to the correct definitions.
- fossilisation
  
  ⇔
  
  the process of making a fossil ✓
- extinction
  
  ⇔
  
  the process by which a species, or family of organisms ceases to exist ✓
- decompose
  
  ⇔
  
  organic matter breaking down into smaller parts ✓
Fossils often form in wetlands, marshes, caves and the ...
- ocean. ✓
- lava.
- desert.
- forest.
Fossils are ______ creatures that date back millions of years BCE.
- extinct ✓
- exact
- living
- endangered
Match the items to the correct categories.
- car
  
  ⇔
  
  human-made ✓
- laptop
  
  ⇔
  
  human-made ✓
- grass
  
  ⇔
  
  natural ✓
- toy
  
  ⇔
  
  human-made ✓
- brush
  
  ⇔
  
  human-made ✓
Arrange the following objects in the order of their likelihood to fossilise, from most likely to least likely.
- 1
  
  ⇔
  
  wooden pencil
- 2
  
  ⇔
  
  metal ruler
- 3
  
  ⇔
  
  plastic toy car

Match the words to the correct definition.
- mould
  
  ⇔
  
  a hollow container used to give shape to liquid substance ✓
- casting
  
  ⇔
  
  creating a replica by pouring liquid into a mould ✓
- liquid plaster
  
  ⇔
  
  poured into the mould to create a plaster cast ✓
A ______ is a hollow container used to give shape to liquid substance when it cools or hardens.
- cavity
- mould ✓
- cast
Which design principles are appropriate when selecting a suitable object to cast for fossilisation?
- size ✓
- shape ✓
- meaning ✓
- age
- name
Artists and craftspeople use casting to only make food.
- True
- False ✓
Good items to choose to cast would be...
- small, bony objects ✓
- shells ✓
- teeth ✓
- feathers
- small metal objects ✓
Jacob has picked to cast a LEGO toy. Why would an eye printed on the surface of the toy not show up in the casting process?
- because the casting material covers the entire surface
- because the eye is too small
- because the casting process only captures three-dimensional shapes ✓
- because the eye is too detailed

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Art can encourage viewers to consider how their actions today might shape tomorrow.
A mix of plastic and natural materials could be discovered by future geologists, similar to fossils.

Making sculptures is just for adult artists.

Young artists can use suitable materials to make sculptures.