Types of Fossils

Preserved remains or traces of living things?

• fossils
• organisms
• extinct
• rocks

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Most fossils form when living things?

• die
• get buried
• rot
• die/buried by sediment

Scientists who study fossils?

• scientist
• paleontologist
• astronaut
• mrs. simao

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Type of rock that is made of hardened sediment?

• metamorphic rock
• igneous rock
• sedimentary rock
• limestone 

When an organism dies, its soft parts _________ quickly or are eaten by animals.

• fade away
• disappear
• get washed away
• decay

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Generally, only hard parts become fossils.
These hard parts include........................

• fingernails
• bones, shells, teeth, seeds & woody stems
• soft tissue
• skin

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Petrified fossils means?

• afraid
• scared
• spooky
• turning into stone

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The most common type of fossil?

• preserved remains
• molds & casts
• trace fossils
• carbon films

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Trace fossils are?

• foot prints
• evidence of activities of ancient organisms
• traces of animals
• traces of rocks

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The fossil record shows?

• groups of organisms have become extinct
• groups of organisms change over time
• have died and came back to life
• evolved into another species

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