Fossils 2022

Fossils 2022

By Katie Hatfield

​What are Fossils?

​Fossils are the preserved remains of BOTH plants and animals that have turned to STONE!

Multiple Choice

What are FOSSILS?

• Mountains, Rivers, Lakes, Oceans

• States and Countries

• Preserved remains of PLANTS and ANIMALS that have turned to STONE

• A living DINOSAUR

Draw

Draw an INSECT stuck in AMBER!

Amber is STICKY TREE SAP that hardens into a SMOOTH MATERIAL.

Insects and Spiders can become trapped in sticky tree sap.​

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​What is AMBER?

The Woolly Mammoth

​What animal was preserved in ice long ago?

Sometimes entire organisms are preserved. Large animals called mammoths have been found frozen in the tundra ice like the WOOLLY MAMMOTH!

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Multiple Choice

Most FOSSILS are found in what type of rocks?

• Amber

• Metamorphic Rocks

• Igeneous Rocks

• Sedimentary Rocks

Multiple Choice

When a plant or animal dies, the soft parts decay. The hard parts become the fossils. (Bones, teeth, and shells)

• True

• False

• I don't know

• Scientists don't know

Multiple Choice

A MOLD is a hollow form with a certain shape!

• TRUE

• FALSE

• I don't know

• Scientists don't know

What is a MOLD fossil? Can a mold turn into a CAST?

​-Mold Fossil - Is a hollow form with a certain shape.

-If minerals build up inside a mold, another kind of fossil may form.

-​A CAST IS A FOSSIL THAT IS FORMED OR SHAPED IN A MOLD.​

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Multiple Choice

WOOD that has turned to STONE is called............

• PULVERIZED

• PETRIFIED

• PASTEURIZED

• PUTRIFIED

Draw

DRAW an IMPRINT of a FISH IN ROCK!

​https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ClJ5lwl_wM0

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