Fossils

The branch of science concerned with fossil animals and plants

• Geology

• Psychology

• Astronomy

• Paleontolgy

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Fossil formation is quite common.

• True

• False

A fossil of a footprint, trail, burrow, or other evidence of an animal rather than of the animal itself

• Trace fossil

• Body fossil

The remains of the body parts of ancient animals, plants, and other life forms

• Trace fossil

• Body fossil

Dinosaur footprints are a great example of which type of trace fossil?

• Movement

• Predation

• Digestive

• Permineralized

A hole drilled into a fossil shell is likely an example of what type of trace fossil?

• Movement

• Predation

• Digestive

• Permineralized

Fossilized excrement is a great example of what type of trace fossil?

• Movement

• Predation

• Digestive

• Permineralized

Fossils that form when the holes in bone are replaced with minerals, turning the bone to stone

• Permineralized

• Petrified

• Carbonized

• Cast

Fossils that form when minerals fill the pore spaces in the original organic material and the original organic material is replaced with minerals. Wood is a good example.

• Permineralized

• Petrified

• Carbonized

• Cast

Fossils formed when organisms are rapidly buried, especially in low-oxygen conditions. They are thin and generally black in color.

• Permineralized

• Petrified

• Carbonized

• Cast