Fossils

What type of fossil is an imprint in a rock?

• cast 
• trace 
• mold
• whole/part 

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Fossilized rock in the shape of dinosaur bones are which type of fossil?

• real bone
• mold fossil
• cast fossil
• trace fossil

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This type of fossil forms when sediments bury an organism and then sediments change into rock; the organism decays leaving a cavity in the shape of the organism.

• mold
• cast
• petrified
• trace

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This type of fossil forms when a mold is filled with sand or mud that hardens into the shape of the organism.

• mold
• cast
• trace
• preserved

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This type of fossil forms when minerals soak into the buried remains, replacing the remains, and changing them into rock.

• mold
• cast
• petrified
• preserved

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Shells and skeletons are typically fossilized in this fashion.

• mold and cast
• trace
• carbonized or carbon film
• permineralized or petrified

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Trees and sometimes marine animals are sometimes fossilized this way

• permineralized or petrified
• trace
• carbonized or carbon film
• preserved or original remains

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By studying fossil records scientists can make inferences about 

• the diversity of plants and animals, past climates and geological events, and how organisms have evolved
• the diversity of plants and animals, how different rocks form, and past volcanic eruptions
• the simularities of plants and animals, how different rocks form and past volcanic eruptions
• the similarities of plants and animals, past climates and geological events, how different rocks form

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Most fossils are found in __________ rock layers

• metamorphic
• sedimentary
• igneous

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These fossils are distinguishable from other fossils because they were scattered over a large region, very common, and lived during a short span of geologic time

• trace
• index
• permineralized
• mold and cast

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