Unit 4 Fossils & Changing Environment REVIEW

This fossil is the preserved body of a plant, animal, or other organism.

• trace
• body
• mold

This fossil is an impression of a plant or animal filled in with minerals that turned to rock.

• trace
• body
• mold

This fossil is the remain of the activity of an organism.

• trace
• body
• mold

A scientist who studies fossils is a _________.

• teacher
• paleontologist
• archaeologist
• artist

Which of these is NOT an example of something that forms a trace fossil?

• shark's tooth
• snail track
• a lizard's foot print
• worm burrow

What is a fossil record?

• Book that has a list of where fossils are found
• Dinosaur that left behind the most fossils
• Biggest number of fossils found by one person
• The total number of fossils that have been found.

TRUE or FALSE: Petrified wood is an example of mold fossil.

• True
• False

TRUE or FALSE: The fossil record is the book that shows where fossils have been found.

• True
• False

TRUE or FALSE: Dinosaur bones that slowly decay and become fossilized are trace fossils.

• True
• False

TRUE or FALSE A mold fossil forms when a leaf leaves an impression and the impression becomes fossilized.

• True
• False