Fossils

Scientists that study fossils are called _________________.

______ is when something is rotting and no longer _______.

• Decay, lives

• Preserve, dead

• Decay, dead

What are organisms?

• Dead animals and plants.

• Plants and animals that have organs.

• Living things

• Aliens

What does it mean if a plant or an animal is extinct?

• It lives somewhere else.

• It does not exist on the earth any more.

• It lives in a specific area.

• It lives in various areas on the Earth.

True or False: Fossils are the preserved remains or traces of organisms that lived in the past.

• True

• False

Fossils can be used to understand ________ events and _________.

• animals, habitat

• habitats, plants

• events, environment

What are four types of fossils?

• Mold Fossils

• True Form Fossils

• Cast Fossils

• Trace Fossils

• None

True or false: Trace fossils are a mark, footprint, trail, burrow, or any other "trace" of a plant or an animal.

• True

• False

Mold fossils are formed when an ________ dies and it is covered by ​_______, forming an impression.

• organisms, sediment

• organisms, mud

• animals, plant

• animals, mud

True form fossils are part of the _________.