Fossil Types

When an organic material is turned into stone. Ex. petrified wood

• Petrification

• Fossil Resin

When the material from the organism is dissolved and replaced with another mineral

• Replacement

• Trace Fossil

When dissolved minerals go into the wholes of the organisms but there is some original material preserved.

• Permineralization

• Tar and Ice

One is when there is no filling of the cavity and the other is when the cavity gets filled with minerals, sand or clay.

• Molds and Casts

• Tar and Ice

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS4-1

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

When carbon a carbon film is left behind from the dead plant or animal

• Carbonization

• Petrification

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS4-1

A sticky residue that captures insects and other small animals

• Fossil Resin

• Permineralization

The whole animal (including: bones, fur, muscle, skin and organs) can be trapped and preserved in these two substances

• Tar and ice

• Molds and Casts

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS4-1

These are indirect evidences of life like footprints, tracks, and burrows

• Trace Fossils

• Replacement

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS4-1

Which is an example of a body fossil?

• Leaf Imprint

• Lobster Burrow

• Dinosaur Leg bone

• Dinosaur footprint

Which is an example of a trace fossil?

• Saber-toothed Cat Skull

• Shark tooth

• Dinosaur Leg bone

• Leaf Imprint