Fossils

What is an example of trace fossils?

Pick all that apply

• Fossil of the imprint of a shell

• Fossil of a shell

• Fossil of an ancient ant colony's tunnels

• Fossil of a footprint

If a scientist found a fish fossil in the desert, what can they infer?

• An animal ate the fish

• Todays fish evolved

• The water covered that area long ago

• The fish is endangered

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What needs to happen first for a fossil to form?

• A plant or animal must be covered by sediment.

• A plant or animal must die and decompose.

• Sediments fill a a mold to form a cast.

• An earthquake shifts the land up.

Which typo of rock are most fossils found

• sedimentary rock

• metamorphic Rock

• igneous rock

• fossils

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A fossilized tooth is found at the beach. This is an example of a __________.

• Body Fossil

• Trace Fossil

• Preserved Stone

Select all possible answers:

Which examples are body fossils?

• The shell of mollusk.

• The tooth of a dinosaur.

• The burrow of a rodent

• The skeleton of an ancient, extinct bird.

• The waste of a mammoth

Body fossils are almost always the soft parts of animals.

• True

• False

The trace fossils are impressions made on sediment by an organism

• True

• False

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The space in a mold is filled in to form a _________.

• Tube

• Cast

• Ring

• Shield

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The soft fossils of animals can be found preserved in ice.

• True

• False