Fossils review (4th grade)

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What forms when a fossil mold is filled?

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What is any living thing, plant or animal, even you?

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An organism

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How many types of fossils are there?

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4

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What must happen FIRST for a fossil to form?

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An animal dies.

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How are fossil bones of a dinosaur formed?

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The dinosaur was covered in sediment.

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What is a fossil?

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The remains or traces of a living thing from the past.

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What is a paleontologist?

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A scientist who studies fossils.

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What is sediment?

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Small particles of rock and soil that can cover remains.

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What is amber?

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A fossilized tree resin that can trap organisms.

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What is a mold fossil?

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An imprint left in sediment where an organism once was.