Fossils

________ is when you step in something and leave a footprint

• imprinting

• trace fossil

• fossil

________ is a fossil imprint made by the outside of a dead plant or animal. This fossil can be formed when sediments or minerals fill a mold, it takes on the same outside shape as the living thing.

• True Fossil

• Mold/Cast

• Trace Fossil

Some organisms may be preserved in materials other than rocks. An animal's remains might also be found in

• ice

• tar

• amber

• all of these

Rocks, sand, mud, and other soils are called

• amber

• mold/case

• sediments

_________ is the preserved remains of an animal, plant, or organism from the past.

• Imprinting

• Mold/Cast

• Fossil

Most fossils are covered by sediment. What is sediment made of?

• rocks, sand mud, other soils

• chemicals

• water that stinks

• cement

__________________ are fossils of the actual animal or animal part.

• Amber

• True fossils

• Sediment

A scientist that studies fossils is called a

• Digologist

• Zoologist

• Fossilogist

• Paleontologist

A fish that died a year ago can't be a fossil today. This is because...

• other animals will eat the fish

• fish can't become fossils

• it takes a long time for fossils to form

• fish bones rot and decompose.

______ is a hard, translucent fossilized resin, typically yellowish in color. This is usually tree sap.

• Amber

• Fossil

• Trace Fossil