All About Fossils!

The hardened remains of a living thing that died long ago.

• fossil

• sediments

• minerals

• dinosaur

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Which is an imprint fossil?

• bone

• an animal foot print

• a cast

• petrified wood

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If a scientist found a fish fossil in the desert, what could that tell them about the area where it was found?

• Today's fish are about the same size.

• The area was covered by water.

• The area used to be a busy city.

• Fish taste like goldfish crackers.

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What needs to happen FIRST for a fossil to form?

• The fossil is excavated by paleontologists.

• Minerals fill in tiny holes in the animal's bones.

• An earthquake shifts the fossils out of the ground.

• An animal must die and decompose.

A solid copy of the shape of an organism is...

• A fossil record

• Carbon dioxide

• A cast

• A mold

An organism that no longer lives on the earth is now...

• extinct

• stinky

• sleeping

• plentiful

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