Types of Fossils

Which type of fossil show the organism in 3D form, sticking out from the rock?

• Cast Fossil

• Mold Fossil

• Trace Fossil

• True Form Fossil

Which type of fossils can be created when an animal walked in mud long ago and then the mud hardened intro rock?

• Cast Fossil

• Mold Fossil

• Trace Fossil

• True Form Fossil

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NGSS.MS-LS4-1

Scientists use which type of fossils to study animal behavior; how they moved?

• Cast Fossil

• Mold Fossil

• Trace Fossil

• True Form Fossil

Which type of fossil is a mold that was filled in and then turned to rock?

• Cast Fossil

• Mold Fossil

• Trace Fossil

• True Form Fossil

After an organism dies, minerals seep into the mold they leave and form what type of fossil?

• Cast Fossil

• Mold Fossil

• Trace Fossil

• True Form Fossil

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NGSS.MS-LS4-1

Which type of fossils show evidence of activity?

• Cast Fossil

• Mold Fossil

• Trace Fossil

• True Form Fossil

Scientists can use plaster in order to make a cast fossil from what type of fossil?

• Cast Fossil

• Mold Fossil

• Trace Fossil

• True Form Fossil

Which type of fossils have examples that include: footprints, burrows, nests, eggshells, and coprolite?

• Cast Fossil

• Mold Fossil

• Trace Fossil

• True Form Fossil

In what type of fossil does the soft tissues of the organisms never decay?

• Cast Fossil

• Mold Fossil

• Trace Fossil

• True Form Fossil

Which type of fossil shows an impression of the organism in rock?

• Cast Fossil

• Mold Fossil

• Trace Fossil

• True Form Fossil