Fossils Lessons

This is an example of a

• cast fossil

• mold fossil

• trace fossil

• carbon film

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True or False...Fossils have been found all over Earth.

• True

• False

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Fossilized tracks or other evidence of activity of an organism.

• trail 

• trace 

• index

• absolute 

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A _______ is a solid copy of the shape of an organism.

• mold

• cast 

• petrified fossil

• trace fossil

_______________ are fossils in which minerals replace all or part of an organism.

• carbon films

• trace fossils

• petrified fossils

• amber

These fossils provide evidence of the activities of ancient organisms.

• petrified fossils

• trace fossils

• molds

• amber

All the information that paleontologists have gathered about past life is called the _____

• geologic time

• geologic eras

• fossil eras

• fossil record

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True or False....Only dinosaurs have been fossilized.

• True

• False

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What type of fossil is a mummy?

• mold

• cast

• mineral replacement

• preserved remains

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True or False...All living things that die become fossils.

• True

• False

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