Fossils

Where are most fossils found?

• Igneous rock

• Metamorphic rock

• Sedimentary Rock

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

NGSS.MS-LS4-1

What type of fossil is this?

• Mold fossil

• Cast fossil

• True Form fossil

• Trace Fossil

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NGSS.MS-LS4-1

What kind of fossil is this?

• Mold Fossil

• Cast Fossil

• True Form Fossil

• Trace Fossil

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NGSS.MS-LS4-1

What kind of fossils are these?

• Mold fossils

• Cast fossils

• True Form fossils

• Trace fossils

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

NGSS.MS-LS4-1

What kind of fossils are these?

• Mold fossils

• Cast fossils

• True Form fossils

• Trace fossils

What kind of fossil is this?

• Mold fossil

• Cast fossil

• True Form fossil

• Trace fossil

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

NGSS.MS-LS4-1

This kind of fossil leaves behind evidence of an animal's behavior or activity.

• Mold fossil

• Cast fossil

• Trace fossil

• True Form fossil

What can NOT become a fossil?

• plants

• animals

• soft body parts

• rocks

A mold fossil is

• evidence of animal's behavior such a footprints or nests

• the positive image of a fossil that was formed by sediments and minerals

• the entire preserved organism

• the impression of the animal or plant left after it decomposed

What do fossils teach us about?

• Everything we need to know about a plant or animal.

• They teach us about the past and the environment.

• Everything single living thing will become a fossil when it dies.

• That wooly mammoths are not extinct.

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NGSS.MS-LS4-1

NGSS.MS-LS4-2