Fossil Evidence of Evolution

​Lesson Objective

​Explore the formation of different types of fossils

​Vocabulary

• Fossil

• Mineralization

• Carbonization

• Mold

• Cast

• Trace

• Sap

Multiple Choice

I agree with:

• Emma

• Aidan

• Ethan

• Madison

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Scientists usually find fossils _________ or within ____ layers.

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Fossils are the _______ of once-living organisms

• Mold: impression of an organism on sediments

• Cast: the impression is filled with other type of sediments that form rocks

Multiple Choice

What kind of fossil was modeled in the lab video?

• Mold

• Cast

Multiple Choice

Which of the following is NOT a fossil?

• Outline of a fern found in a rock

• Petrified wood in the desert

• Baby mammoth found in a glacier

• Old stone tools found in a cave

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Petrified wood, fossils that look very like the original trees but that are now actually made up of rock materials, are the result of the process called _____________

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Footprints formed in mud that later turned to rock are called _____ fossils.

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A ______ fossil is formed when sediments harden around the buried remains of an organism.