Fossils

mold fossils fill with material such as sediments or minerals, and creates a replica of the original organism.

• amber

• mold fossils

• trace fossils

• cast fossils

The preserved remains of a living thing that died long ago.

• fossil

• extinct

• endangered

• minerals

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What needs to happen FIRST for a fossil to form?

• A plant or animal must be covered by sediment.

• A plant or animal must die and decompose.

• Sediments fill a a mold to form a cast.

• An earthquake shifts the land up.

What most likely made this fossil?

• Plant

• Animal

• Footprint

• Bone

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Which is a fossil?

• bone from a chicken dinner

• a live plant

• the preserved remains of a plant or animal that lived long ago

• a piece of pottery

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The body parts of this fossil tell you that this animal _________.

• Flew

• Hopped

• Swam

• Crawled

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What must happen to an organism's body for it to become a fossil?

• It must remain above ground.

• It must dry out in the sunlight.

• It must be buried right after death.

• It must be eaten by other animals.

Where are most fossils formed?

• near volcanoes, because the high heat of the lava helps to form fossils

• in glaciers, because fossils are created when an organism is frozen quickly

• in sedimentary rock, because being buried in sediment helps to form fossils

• near earthquakes, because the shaking ground traps organisms to create fossils

Which type of scientist studies life that existed long ago, mostly by studying fossils?

• biologist

• zoologist

• botanist

• paleontologist

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Which type of fossil would look just like the body part of a once-living thing?

• mineral

• footprint

• cast

• petrified wood