Fossils /Grade 3

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What is a living plant or animal called?

Back

An organism

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Why is it important for paleontologists to study fossils?

Back

To learn more about the past

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What MOST LIKELY made a fossil?

Back

A plant or an animal

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

Back

An organism

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What do you call people who study fossils?

Back

Paleontologists

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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 can fossils tell us about?

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They can tell us about the history of life on Earth.

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What is the process of turning a living thing into a fossil called?

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Fossilization

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What type of rock are most fossils found in?

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Sedimentary rock

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What is an extinct organism?

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An organism that no longer exists.