Fossil

What is a fossil mold?

• Yesterdays food

• Nonrenewable resources

• An impression of an ancient organism.

• Renewable resources

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What is a fossil?

• rock was once at the bottom of the sea.

• An impression of an ancient organism.

• the past environment, where animals came from, and what they looked like.

• The imprint or remains of plants and animals that lived long ago.

What can fossils tell us about past animals and life?

• It cannot be replaced easily

• The imprint or remains of plants and animals that lived long ago

• An impression of an ancient organism

• Info about the past environment, where animals came from, and what they looked like

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A person that studies the forms of life existing in prehistoric times by investigating the fossils of plants, animals, and other organisms is known as a

• Investigator

• Paleontologist

• Researcher

• Pathologist

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This is an example of a

• cast fossil

• mold fossil

• trace fossil

• carbon film

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___________ ___________ show evidence of the activity of ancient organisms, such as tracks or nests.

• dead fossils

• Mold fossils

• Cast fossils

• Trace fossils

Fossils are found mostly in which type of rock?

• Sedimentary

• Amber

• Solid

• Pewter

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What are the three common types of fossils?

• Mold, cast, and trace

• liquid, cast and trace

• solid, mold and cast

• gas, cast and mold

A fossil that is formed by sediments filling up a mold is a(n)

• Cast fossil

• Mold fossil

• Trace fossil

• Amber

Millions of years ago, the remains of dead plants and animals were buried by sediments. Through the action of time and pressure over millions of years, these remains changed form. We now call these changed remains

• Fossil fuels

• Natural gas

• Renewable resource

• Nonrenewable resources

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