Fossils

________ is when you step in something and leave a footprint

• imprinting

• trace fossil

• fossil

Rocks, sand, mud, and other soils are called

• amber

• mold/case

• sediments

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A scientist who studies fossil is called a

• psychiatrist

• physical education teacher

• paleontologist

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__________________ are fossils of the actual animal or animal part.

• Amber

• True fossils

• Sediment

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__________ are fossils that show changes that long-dead animals made in their surroundings. (The imprint of a plant or animal.)

• Trace fossils

• Mold/Cast

• Amber

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______ is a hard, translucent fossilized resin, typically yellowish in color. This is usually tree sap.

• Amber

• Fossil

• Trace Fossil

________ is a fossil imprint made by the outside of a dead plant or animal. This fossil can be formed when sediments or minerals fill a mold, it takes on the same outside shape as the living thing.

• True Fossil

• Mold/Cast

• Trace Fossil

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_________ is the preserved remains of an animal, plant, or organism from the past.

• Imprinting

• Mold/Cast

• Fossil

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Fossils help us learn about....

• What animals were like long ago

• How the earth's surface has changed

• what the environment was like

• All of these

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Which statement below is false?

• Footprints can become fossils

• Dinosaurs can become fossils

• Old coins can become fossils

• Fish can become fossils

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