Fossil Study Guide

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

• Fossil

• Mold/Cast

• Paleontologist

• Imprinting

A fossil imprint made by the outside of a dead plant or animal. This fossil can be formed when sediments or minerals fill a mold, it takes on the same outside shape as the living thing.

• Fossil

• Mold/Cast

• Imprinting

• Sediment

Hard translucent fossilized resin, typically yellow ish in color. This is usually tree sap.

• Amber

• Trace Fossil

• True Fossil

• Sediment

A fossil that shows changes that long-dead animals made in their surroundings. (The imprint of a plant or animal.)

• Amber

• Trace Fossil

• True Fossil

• Sediment

Fossils of the actual animal or animal part.

• Amber

• Trace Fossil

• True Fossil

• Sediment

Rocks, sand, mud and other soils.

• Amber

• Trace Fossil

• True Fossil

• Sediment

When you step in something and leave a footprint.

• Fossil

• Mold/Cast

• Imprinting

• Sediment

A scientist who studies fossils.

• Fossil

• Mold/Cast

• Paleontologist

• Imprinting

When dinosaurs walked on soft mud, they left footprints. The sand and dried mud eventually hardened into rock that still contains the shape of thir footprints. What is this called?

• Mold/Cast

• Amber

• Sediment

• Imprinting

What are fossils made from?

• Non-living things

• Barbie parts

• Living things

• Seagull poop