Types of fossils

What type of fossil is an imprint in a rock?

• cast 
• trace 
• mold
• whole/part 

Fossilized rock in the shape of dinosaur bones are which type of fossil?

• real bone
• mold fossil
• cast fossil
• trace fossil

Shells and skeletons are typically fossilized in this fashion.

• mold and cast
• trace
• carbonized or carbon film
• permineralized or petrified

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

• archeologist
• paleontologist
• geologist
• anthropologist

Hardened tree sap is called

• diamonds
• amber
• tar
• syrup

What type of fossil is pictured? 

• cast
• petrified fossil
• preserved remains
• trace fossil

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

• index fossils
• fossil
• mold
• cast

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Which layer of rock is the oldest?

• A
• B
• C
• D

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Most fossils form when living things?

• die
• get buried
• rot
• die/buried by sediment

Fossils are the ______ or impressions of a prehistoric organism.