Fossils

Which type of rock are most fossils found?

• sedimentary rock

• metamorphic rock

• igneous rock

• fossils

If a scientist found a fish fossil in the desert, what can they infer?

• An animal ate the fish.

• The water covered the area long ago.

• Today's fish looks the same

• The fish is endangered.

This type of fossil is tree sap hardened and replaced by minerals.

• Petrified wood

• Imprint

• Amber

• Mold

What type of fossil is pictured here?

• Forest fossil

• Trace fossil

• Cast fossil

• Body fossil

What type of fossil is pictured here?

• Mold fossil

• Trace fossil

• Cast fossil

• Body fossil

What type of fossil is pictured here?

• Mold fossil

• Trace fossil

• Cast fossil

• Body fossil

What is a copy of a fossil produced by filling a mold with sediments or crystals?

• mold

• cast

• petrified fossil

• carbon film

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

• fossil

• extinct

• endangered

• minerals

What do we call a scientist who studies fossils?

• Geologist

• Biologists

• Paleontologist

An insect trapped in amber from a tree-like sap called resin, and a wooly mammoth frozen in ice are examples of?

• Preserved Fossils

• Mold Fossils

• Cast Fossils

• Trace Fossils