Types of Fossils

What type of fossil is most likely shown in this picture?

• Carbon Film Fossil
• Mold Fossil
• Preserved Remains
• Cast Fossil

What type of fossil is most likely shown in this picture?

• Mold Fossil
• Cast Fossil
• Preserved Remains
• Mineral Replacement

What type of fossil is most likely shown in this picture?

• Cast Fossil
• Mold Fossil
• Trace Fossil
• Preserved Remains

This is a fossil of a woolly mammoth that has been preserved in ice for thousands of years. What type of fossil is most likely shown in this picture?

• Preserved Remains
• Cast Fossil
• Mold Fossil
• Carbonized Fossils

This is petrified wood - a fossil of a tree where the original materials were replaced by silica minerals. What type of fossil is most likely shown in this picture?

• Mineral Replacement
• Cast Fossil
• Preserved Remains
• Carbonized Fossil

This fossil shows "burrows" made by an ancient worm species. What type of fossil is most likely shown in this picture?

• Trace Fossil
• Cast Fossil
• Mold Fossil
• Preserved Remains

In order for an organism to become a carbon film fossil, what must happen to the organism?

• It must be subjected to heat, pressure and no oxygen
• It must be subjected to carbon dioxide
• It must be covered in tree sap or ice
• The minerals in the specimen are replaced with Carbon minerals

In order for an organism to become a "preserved remains" fossil, what must happen to the organism?

• It must be subjected to heat, pressure and no oxygen
• It must be subjected to nitrogen gas
• It must be covered in tree sap or ice
• The minerals in the specimen are replaced with other minerals

Trace fossils show _____

• What an organism looked like when it died
• Trails, footprints and burrows
• An outline of the original shape of the creature
• A carbon copy of the original creature

Which type of rock is most likely to contain fossils?

• Igneous Rocks
• Metamorphic Rocks
• Sedimentary Rocks