Fossil Types

Multiple Choice

Fossils can be the actual remains or the replaced remains of life.

• True

• False

Multiple Select

If a fossil is made up of replaced remains, those materials tend to be...

• ice

• rocks

• gases

• minerals

Multiple Choice

Body fossils are remains of the organisms...

• physical self

• mental self

• physical activities

• mental activities

Multiple Select

Which two are fossil casts?

Multiple Select

Which two are fossil molds?

Match

Match the following regarding carbonized fossils

bee

fish

mating turtles

primate

leaf

• bee

• fish

• mating turtles

• primate

• leaf

Multiple Choice

Organisms trapped in amber are _______ body fossils.

• actual

• replaced

Multiple Choice

In frozen fossils the specimen is _____

• replaced

• actual

Multiple Choice

Trace fossils are the remains of an organisms

• physical self

• mental self

• physical activities

• mental activities

Match

Match the following trace fossils.

therapod nest

saurapod nest

burrow

gastrolith

coprolite

• therapod nest

• saurapod nest

• burrow

• gastrolith

• coprolite