Fossils

What is a copy of a fossil produced by filling a mold with sediments or crystals?

• mold

• cast

• petrified fossil

• carbon film

Why are there more animal fossils than plant fossils?

• Animals are smaller than plants.

• Plants have harder bodies than animals.

• Plans have softer bodies than animals.

• Animals eat plants.

Which is an imprint fossil?

• bone

• a cast

• a trace fossil

• original remains

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Which type of rock are most fossils found?

• sedimentary rock

• metamorphic rock

• igneous rock

• fossils

What replaces the wood of a once-living thing to form petrified wood?

• amber

• cast

• mold

• minerals

Which organism is most likely to become fossilized in the next million years?

• a butterfly

• a giraffe

• an octopus

• an earthworm

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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.

Which is NOT a way an organism could become a fossil?

• It can be frozen in ice.

• It can be quickly buried in sediment after death.

• It can be trapped in the resin of a tree.

• It can be left out in the sun to decompose.

If scientists found this fossil, what could they infer?

• what fish are like today

• that this fish lacked oxygen

• what kind of animal ate this fish

• that water once covered the area

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Which animal part would most likely form a fossil?

• Muscle 

• Fur

• Lung

• Bone 

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