a fossil in which minerals replace all or part of an organism

• carbon film

• mold fossil

• petrified fossil

• cast fossil

a type of fossil this is a solid copy of an organism's shape, formed when minerals seep into a mold

• cast fossil

• mold fossil

• carbon film

• petrified fossil

fine particles of sand, dust, or mud that are deposited over time by wind or water

• extinct

• fossil

• carbon film

• sediment

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

a type of fossil that provides evidence of the activities of ancient organisms

• mold cast

• cast fossil

• trace fossil

• petrified fossil

the preserved remains or traces of an organism that lived in the past

• fossil

• trace fossil

• evolution

• sediment

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NGSS.MS-LS4-1

a type of fossil consisting of an extremely thin coating of carbon on rock

• petrified fossil

• carbon film

• preserved remains

• trace fossil

organisms or parts of organisms preserved in a substance, such as amber, tar, or ice

• trace fossil

• petrified fossil

• mold fossil

• preserved remains

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NGSS.MS-LS4-1

a scientist who studies fossils to learn about organisms that lived long ago

• pediatrician

• meteorologist

• podiatrist

• paleontologist

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NGSS.MS-LS4-1

NGSS.MS-LS4-2

a type of fossil that is a hollow area in sediment in the shape of an organism or part of an organism

• cast fossil

• mold fossil

• preserved remains

• petrified fossil

a term used to refer to a group of related organism that has died out and has no living members

• fossil

• evolution

• sediment

• extinct

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