Fossils 2023

A person who studies fossils.

• astronomer

• paleontologist

• physician

• pysciatrist

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Fossil

• the preserved remains of plants and animals that lived long ago

• the preserved fruit of a tree

• amber that has frozen

• anything old

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Amber

• rotting or decomposing

• maple syrup

• a hard orange yellow substance formed from tree say

• dead bones from animals

Organisms

• living things such as plants or animals

• plants

• animals

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Decay

• to melt

• to rot or decompse

• to grow strong and big

• to disolve

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Extinct

• something that is living

• something dead

• no longer alive

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When scientist found a fish fossil in the dessert, they knew that long ago that piece of land was ___.

• a mountain

• a dry desert

• a body of water

• a hill

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In a very cold climate, fossils can be preserved in ______.

• sand

• ice or snow

• wood

• fossils cannot be preserved in very cold climates

All fossils form in amber

• TRUE

• FALSE

A mold fossil forms when mud or sediment builds up around a deceased organism.

• TRUE

• FALSE