What are fossils primarily described as?

Stone remains of animals or plants that were once alive.

Living organisms found in ancient times.

Modern animals trapped in rock.

Intact bodies of creatures preserved in ice.

Which of the following can preserve an entire animal or insect with minimal change over millions of years?

Being trapped in ice or tree sap.

Being covered by sediment in a riverbed.

Being eaten by smaller creatures.

Being exposed to wind and rain.

In the process of a dinosaur bone becoming a fossil through mold and cast, what happens immediately after the animal's body sinks to the riverbed?

The flesh of the animal rots away or is eaten.

The bones are washed away by groundwater.

Mud and sand cover the skeleton.

Tiny rock pieces fill the empty spaces.

How can fossils help us explain changes in landscapes over time?

Fossils show us what animals and plants lived long ago and where they lived

Fossils tell us what the weather was like

Fossils help build mountains and rivers

Fossils are only used to decorate museums

What is the definition of a fossil?

Remains of ancient plants and animals that are at least 3,000 years old.

Rocks that look like plants and animals.

Modern animal bones found in the ground.

Impressions left by living organisms in soft mud.

Which of the following is an example of a trace fossil?

A mold of a sea creature's shell.

How are resin fossils formed?

Small creatures get caught in tree sap, which hardens into amber.

An animal's body is destroyed, but its shape is preserved in hardened mud.

Bones and teeth turn into stone over millions of years.

Footprints are left in soft ground and then harden.

What is a key step in the formation of a body fossil?

Minerals in the surrounding mud harden the bones, turning them into rock.

The soft parts of an animal's body are preserved in mud.

The animal's skeleton is quickly eaten and scattered by other animals.

The fossil is immediately exposed to wind and rain after the animal dies.

How do paleontologists and geologists use fossils to learn about the past and predict the future?

They study fossils to learn about plants, animals & environments from long ago

They use fossils to change the weather

They use fossils to build new land forms

They only use fossils to decorate museums

What can we learn from fossils?

How Earth's environment has changed

How Earth's magnetic field was formed

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What are these mystery items?

What is a fossil?

How can fossils help us explain changes in landscapes over time?

Fossils are the remains of (a) and animals preserved inside of rocks from millions of years ago.

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