Fossils

• are fossils in which minerals replace all or part of an organism

• The preserved remains or traces of living things

• provide evidence of the activities of ancient organisms

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

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Sedimentary Rock

• A type of rock formed from cooling lava or magma

• A type of rock formed when an existing rock is changed by heat, pressure, or chemical change

• A type of rock formed in space

• A type of rock that forms when particles from other rocks or the remains of plants and animals are pressed and cemented together

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Mold

• is a hollow area in sediment in the shape of an organism or part of an organism

• is a solid copy of the shape of an organism

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

• None of the above

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Cast

• provide evidence of the activities of ancient organisms

• is a hollow area in sediment in the shape of an organism or part of an organism

• is a solid copy of the shape of an organism

• is the gradual change in living things over a long period of time

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Petrified Fossil

• The preserved remains or traces of living things

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

• provide evidence of the activities of ancient organisms

• are fossils in which minerals replace all or part of an organism

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Carbon Film

• are fossils in which minerals replace all or part of an organism

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

• provide evidence of the activities of ancient organisms

• The preserved remains or traces of living things

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Trace Fossils

• is a solid copy of the shape of an organism

• is a hollow area in sediment in the shape of an organism or part of an organism

• provide evidence of the activities of ancient organisms

• are fossils in which minerals replace all or part of an organism

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Paleontologist

• An organism that no longer exists and will never again live on Earth

• A scientist who studies fossils

• is the gradual change in living things over a long period of time

• is a hollow area in sediment in the shape of an organism or part of an organism

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Scientific Theory

• a well-tested concept that explains a wide range of observations

• An organism that no longer exists and will never again live on Earth

• A type of rock that forms when particles from other rocks or the remains of plants and animals are pressed and cemented together

• is the gradual change in living things over a long period of time

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Evolution

• A scientist who studies fossils

• An organism that no longer exists and will never again live on Earth

• a well-tested concept that explains a wide range of observations

• is the gradual change in living things over a long period of time

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