Fossils

....... is a trace of the remains of the living thing that died long a go.

• tree

• dinasour

• fossil

• trace

Fossils can be ....................

• skin, bones, shell, leaves or footprints.

• footprints only

• skin and bones

• shell and bones

When an animal leaves a footprint in mud or clay, the mud shape hardens and changes to rock over time. These fossils are called ................................

• mud fossils

• trace fossils

• Amber fossils

• mold fossils

............................ form when insects become trapped in tree sap

• trace fossils

• mold fossils

• amber fossils

• bones

When an organism or plant was buried in mud or soft soil and allowed to decompose, an imprint of its body, leaves, or flowers was left behind. This is ...............................

• mold fossils

• trace fossils

• Amber fossils

• footprint

I can make a claim of how deeper fossils are usually ................................ than surface fossils.

• newer

• older

• younger

• same

Some fossils give clues about a living thing’s ................, ......................., and .......................

• shape, size and environment

• color, size and shape

• color, environment and season

• hobbies

Fossils tell us that the wooly mammoth became ...................... thousands of years ago.

• extinct

• died

• live

• fossil

.............................. tell us that mammoth had a large trunk and tusks.

• Fossils

• Modeling

• Size

• Story

Fossils found closest to the surface are usually the ..........................

• oldest

• youngest

• red

• smell