Fossils

________ is when you step in something and leave a footprint

• imprinting

• trace fossil

• fossil

_________ is the preserved remains of an animal, plant, or organism from the past.

• Imprinting

• Mold/Cast

• Fossil

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Fossils help us learn about....

• What animals were like long ago

• How the earth's surface has changed

• what the environment was like

• All of these

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Some organisms may be preserved in materials other than rocks. An animal's remains might also be found in

• ice

• tar

• amber

• all of these

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A fish that died a year ago can't be a fossil today. This is because...

• other animals will eat the fish

• fish can't become fossils

• it takes a long time for fossils to form

• fish bones rot and decompose.

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A long time ago Ohio was covered by a shallow sea. In Ohio today, you would most likely find...

• fossils of animals that had fur and lived on land.

• fossils of animals that had feathers and flew in the air.

• fossils of animals that could live and breathe underwater.

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Fossils are the remains of an animal or plant that lived long ago. What can fossils tell us?

• What the world looks like today.

• What the world looked like millions of years ago.

• What the world will look like next year.

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An organism that no longer exists on Earth is called

• Decayed

• Extinct

• Evolved

• Preserved

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What type of fossil is this?

• Cast fossil

• Mold fossil

• Petrified fossil

• Trace fossil

People find fossils in

• rickshaws

• roads

• rills

• rocks