Fossil Test

A fossil that shows clues that animals were there, for example footprints, burrows, or teeth marks.

• fossil
• trace fossil
• mold fossil
• cast fossil

No longer existing or living.

• fossil
• trace fossil
• sediments
• extinct

A fossil that is the entire remains or skeleton of an organism. Tar, ice, and amber are three substances that preserve entire bodies.

• body fossil
• trace fossil
• cast fossil
• mold fossil

Scientist who studies ancient life.

• biologist
• chemist
• paleontologist
• meteorologist

A fossil that leaves an imprint of the organism in the rock. It is hollow.

• mold fossil
• cast fossil
• trace fossil
• body fos

Bits of rock, shell, sand, and other materials.

• amber
• preserved
• sediments
• fossil

Hardened tree sap

• tar
• ice
• sediments
• amber

The remains or mark of an animal or plant that lived long ago.

• mold fossil
• extinct
• fossil
• trace fossil

To save

• extinct
• amber
• preserve
• sediments

A fossil that is formed from a mold fossil but fills with mud and minerals and forms a cast of the body of the organism.

• fossil
• trace fossil
• cast fossil
• mold fossil