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 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

Footprints, nests, and eggs are all examples of what kind of fossils?

• Mold fossil

• Cast fossil

• Trace fossil

• True Form fossil

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NGSS.MS-LS4-1

What might a paleontologist conclude about an animal who's fossil footprints were far apart?

• It could swim.

• It was walking.

• It was able to fly.

• It ran fast.

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NGSS.MS-LS4-1

Eras are

• a type of fossil

• evidence that shows behavior of plants and animals

• time periods in which scientists measure when events took place

• clocks that show time in history

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