Types of Fossils

What type of fossil is an imprint in a rock?

• cast

• trace

• mold

• petrified

This type of fossil forms when a mold is filled with sand or mud that hardens into the shape of the organism.

• mold
• cast
• trace
• preserved

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NGSS.MS-LS4-1

This type of fossil forms when minerals soak into the buried remains, replacing the remains, and changing them into rock.

• mold
• cast
• petrified
• preserved

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NGSS.3-LS4-1

NGSS.4-ESS1-1

This type of scientist finds, preserves, and interprets fossils remains.

• archeologist
• paleontologist
• geologist
• anthropologist

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NGSS.MS-LS4-1

NGSS.MS-LS4-2

Hardened tree sap is called

• diamonds
• amber
• tar
• syrup

Most fossils are found in __________ rock layers

• metamorphic
• sedimentary
• igneous

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NGSS.MS-LS4-1

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

What type of fossil is pictured? 

• cast
• petrified fossil
• preserved remains
• trace fossil

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS4-1

This is produced when sediments fill in a cavity made when an object decayed

• mold
• cast
•  index fossil

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NGSS.MS-LS4-1

What are the remains, imprints, or traces of once-living organisms?

• index fossils
• fossil
• mold
• cast

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NGSS.MS-LS4-1

4. What is the name of this kind of fossil?

• preserved fossil by amber

• petrified fossil

• Trace Fossil

• carbon film