types of fossils review

remains of once-living things that have been preserved

• fossil

• bone

• index

• history

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NGSS.MS-LS4-1

NGSS.MS-LS4-2

fossils that show how long-dead animals changed their environments (ex. tracks, droppings, burrows and worm holes)

• trace fossil

• index fossil

• track fossil

• preserved remains

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NGSS.MS-LS2-4

imprint left by a plant or animal when the remains of a dead plant or animal are washed out of rock by water

• index fossil

• trace fossil

• cast

• mold

minerals that fill a mold and have the same shape as the original living thing

• mold

• cast

• trace fossil

• index fossil

fossils formed when minerals take the place of once-living materials

• petrified

• preserved

• cast

• mold

sticky juice from a tree

• soap

• sap

• amber

• water

a scientist who studies fossils

• archeologist

• paleontologist

• fossologist

• historian

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NGSS.MS-LS4-1

NGSS.MS-LS4-2

What do fossils tell us?

• about animals that lived in the past

• about people who live currently

• about animals behaviors

• about the climate in our area

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NGSS.MS-LS4-1

NGSS.MS-LS4-2

Fossils tell use what past _______________ may have been like

• culture

• stars

• environment

• oceans

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NGSS.MS-LS2-4

NGSS.MS-LS4-1

What is the first step of fossil formation?

• Movement lifts

• layers accumulate

• sediment covers

• erosion exposes