Fossil

What are the hardened remains of living things that died long ago?

• Extinct

• Fossils

• Metamorphic rock

• Minerals

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If scientists found this fossil, what could they infer?

• what fish are like today

• that this fish lacked oxygen

• what kind of animal ate this fish

• that water once covered the area

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Which fossil is an impression left by the original organism?

• cast

• mold

• trace

• preserved remains

How are fossils created?

• Traces of organisms get turned into stone.

• Dead organisms are quickly buried for millions of years.

• Animals get trapped.

• All of the above

You just learned that there are several different kinds of fossils. Identify each of these as either a trace fossil, a whole body fossil, or a fossil of only one part of an animal or plant.

a

b

c

Whole body fossil

trace fossil

only one part

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You just learned that there are several different kinds of fossils.

Identify each of these as either a trace fossil, a whole body fossil, or a fossil of only one part of an animal or plant.

a

b

c

only one part

trace fossil

Whole body fossil

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Match the following pictures with the correct type of fossil

• Trace Fossil

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• Mold Fossil

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• Petrified Fossil

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• Cast Fossil

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• Amber Fossil

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What MOST LIKELY made this fossil?

• plant

• animal

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In which type of rock are most fossils found?

• Metamorphic

• Igneous

• Sedimentary

• Volcanic

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I found a fossil of a fish in what is now a cow pasture. How is that possible?

• Somebody put the fossil there.

• The wind moved the fossil there over time.

• The cow pasture used to be underwater.

• It would not be possible to find a fossil of a fish in a cow pasture.

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