Types of Fossils

Which type of fossil is the empty hollow left behind when an organism’s body completely dissolves away?

• Mold

• Cast

• Amber

• Trace

Which type of fossil is not of a body part but a mark left by an organism?

• Mold

• Cast

• Amber

• Trace

What type of fossil is made when sediments fill in the hollow made by a dissolved organism?

• Mold

• Cast

• Trace

• Preserved original remains

Which type of fossil is this?

• Mold

• Cast

• Preserved original remains

• Trace

Which type of fossil is this?

• Mold

• Cast

• Preserved original remains

• Trace

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NGSS.MS-LS4-1

Which type of fossil is this?

• Mold

• Cast

• Preserved original remains

• Trace

Even though cast fossils look like the original bone or shell, they are different because they:

• contain empty space where the organism once was

• preserve both hard and soft parts of the organism

• are made of rock, minerals, and sediment

• have skin, hair, and feathers

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS4-1

When bones are turned into stone, they are called:

• petrified fossils

• imprints

• trace fossils

• amber/resin

What is the space called when an organism decays inside a rock?

• cast

• mold

• amber (resin)

• coprolite

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NGSS.MS-LS4-1

This type of fossil does NOT preserve an organism's remains:

• Amber/Resin

• Ice

• Imprints

• All of these preserve animal remains