All About Fossils

Which type of fossil show the organism in 3D form, sticking out from the rock?

• Cast Fossil

• Mold Fossil

• Trace Fossil

• True Form Fossil

Which type of fossils can be created when an animal walked in mud long ago and then the mud hardened intro rock?

• Cast Fossil

• Mold Fossil

• Trace Fossil

• True Form Fossil

Which type of fossils show evidence of activity?

• Cast Fossil

• Mold Fossil

• Trace Fossil

• True Form Fossil

Which type of fossils have examples that include: footprints, burrows, nests, eggshells, and coprolite?

• Cast Fossil

• Mold Fossil

• Trace Fossil

• True Form Fossil

Match the following pictures with the correct type of fossil

• Mold Fossil

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• Cast Fossil

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• Trace Fossil

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• Amber Fossil

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• Petrified Fossil

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NGSS.MS-LS4-1

The original features, or body parts of the organisms remain intact in what type of fossil?

• Cast Fossil

• Mold Fossil

• Trace Fossil

• Body Fossils

In what type of fossil does the soft tissues of the organisms never decay?

• Cast Fossil

• Mold Fossil

• Trace Fossil

• Preserved Remains

If one fossil is found in a deeper layer of the Earth than another fossil, we would say that fossil is ​ (a)   ​ than the other.

• older
• younger
• the same age

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NGSS.MS-LS4-1

NGSS.MS-ESS1-4

True or False: Fossils are rare and difficult to find

• True

• False

The gradual change in living things over time is..

• transition

• evolution

• age

• revolution

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NGSS.MS-LS4-2

NGSS.MS-LS4-4