Quiz-2A

Any part or trace of a living organism that is naturally preserved after it dies is called a

• world wide flood

• fossil

• tar

• amber

Fossils that we see today are clear evidence of a

• world wide flood

• fossil

• petrified fossil

• mold

Fossils can be found preserved in sedimentary rock, ____, ice, permafrost, or _____

• fossils, amber

• world wide flood

• tar, amber

• fossil, amber

Permanently frozen soil is called

• fossils

• evolution

• Permafrost

• creation

a copy of the shape of the organism formed by fine sediment that has been pressed into a mold

• cast

• mold

• carbon film

• trace fossil

a fossil that is not an actual part of organism but of something that was left behind, such as a footprint or droppings

• petrified fossil

• trace fossil

• mold

• cast

a fossil formed when part of a plant or animal decayed underneath the weight of sediment and left an image of itself on a rock

• mold

• trace fossil

• carbon film

• cast

a fossil formed when part of a living organism decayed and was replaced by minerals that harden into rock

• cast

• fossil

• petrified rock

• carbon film

the imprint of an organism that has been pressed into a rock

• carbon film

• mold

• trace fossil

• cast

People draw conclusions about fossils based on what they _____about how the earth began.

• God

• think

• believe

• fossil