Fossils Mini Unit

What is a scientist who studies fossils called?

• historian

• paleontologist

• archeologist

• fossilologist

Which type of fossil is a clue left behind by an organism like a footprint, track, or burrow?

• mold fossil

• cast fossil

• trace fossil

• true form fossil

Which type of fossil is an empty impression left behind by a living thing after it has died?

• mold fossil

• cast fossil

• trace fossil

• true form fossil

Which type of fossil is the entire organism's preserved body preserved in amber, ice, or tar?

• mold fossil

• cast fossil

• trace fossil

• true form fossil

Which type of fossil is when a mold of an organism is filled with minerals which have turned into stone to form the shape of the organism?

• mold fossil

• cast fossil

• trace fossil

• true form fossil

• mold fossil

• cast fossil

• trace fossil

• true form fossil

Answer explanation

This is a cast fossil because the mold was FILLED with minerals that have hardened.

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• mold fossil

• cast fossil

• trace fossil

• true form fossil

Answer explanation

This is a mold fossil because it is an EMPTY mold.

• mold fossil

• cast fossil

• trace fossil

• true form fossil

Answer explanation

This is a true form fossil (also know as a body fossil) because the entire frog is PRESERVED in sap/amber.

• mold fossil

• cast fossil

• trace fossil

• true form fossil

Answer explanation

This is a trace fossil because it's just a footprint left behind by a dinosaur that continued living.

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