Fossil Types

What type of fossil is an imprint in a rock?

• cast 
• trace 
• mold
• whole/part 

Fossilized rock in the shape of dinosaur bones are which type of fossil?

• real bone
• mold fossil
• cast fossil
• trace fossil

The preserved remains of a once living animal or plant is a ....

• mineral 
• fossil
• igneous rock 
• clay

What type of fossil is made of water and minerals hardening into rock in the mold of the decomposed animal, plant, or shell?

• trace
• cast
• mold
• whole/part

Why is understanding the history of our earth and the landscape in which we live important to us?

• It helps us understand what the environment and landscape of the past
• It helps us understand how the landscape might changen in the future
• We can understand how animals and plants have changed overtime
• all of the above

What types of fossils are shown in the picture?

• Petrified Fossils
• Trace Fossils
• Cast and Mold Fossils
• Carbonized

Which type of fossil would look just like an actual body part of a once living thing?

• mold
• trace
• mineral
• footprint

What might you conclude if a fish fossil was found on top of a mountain in Kentucky?

• An Earthquake happened there.
• A Volcano erupted there.
• A forest covered that area for a while.
• A Sea once covered the area.

Which parts of an organism are more likely to fossilize?

• the soft parts - skin, muscle
• the hard parts - bones, shells, stems
• all parts can become fossilized easily because the organism becomes buried by sediments

A _______ is a hollow area in sediment in the shape of an organism or part of an organism.

• mold
• cast
• petrified fossil
• trace fossil