Fossils

Most fossils are formed within which kind of rock?

• sedimentary

• metamorphic

• igneous

• they form equally in all types of rock

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Extinct animals may return one day.

• True

• False

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Check the boxes that show things we can learn from fossils.

• what the animal ate

• if the animal was angry

• the animal's size

• how fast the animal was

• if the animal was hungry

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All fossils come from dinosaurs

• True

• False

Which type of fossil is seen here?

• cast

• mold

• body

• trace

What type of fossils provide evidence of the activities of ancient organisms?

• molds and casts

• petrified fossils

• trace fossils

• carbon films

A hollow area in sediment in the shape of an organism or part of an organism is.....

• a cast

• a mold

• a trace fossil

• a petrified fossil

An organism is ______________ if it no longer exits and will never live again on Earth.

• rare

• extinct

• plentiful

• missing

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While fossils reveal what ancient living things looked like, they keep us guessing about...

• color

• sounds

• bone structure

• age

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Match the following pictures with the correct type of fossil

• Body Fossil

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• Trace Fossil

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• Cast Fossil

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• Mold Fossil

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