4th grade fossils

A fossil imprint made by the outside of an organism

• mold fossils

• cast fossils

• trace fossils

• fossilization

Fossils are often found in this rock

• metamorphic rock

• sedimentary rock

• volcanic rock

• decompose

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

NGSS.MS-LS4-1

The process by which the remains of living things are turned into rock

• mold fossils

• cast fossils

• fossilization

• preserved

Layered fossils; oldest known fossils

• paleontologist

• preserved

• true form fossils

• stromatolites

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS4-1

Make or become rotten; decay

• decompose

• preserved

• mold

• break down

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

NGSS.MS-LS2-4

A fossilized sign that an animal or plant once lived in the area

• true form fossils

• cast fossils

• trace fossils

• sedimentary rock

a scientist who studies fossils

• doctor

• paleontologist

• meterologist

• rock dr

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS4-1

NGSS.MS-LS4-2

Kept from decaying

• decompose

• preserved

• fossilization

• mold

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS4-1

The actual plant or animal; the whole organism has been preserved

• cast fossils

• true form fossils

• mold fossils

• trace fossils

Mold that was filled in and then turned into rock

• decompose

• trace fossils

• true form fossils

• cast fossils

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS4-1