Fossils

What are fossils?

• Living plants and animals.

• The remains of plants and animals.

• Minerals that are in the soil.

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Which of the following is NOT an example of a fossil?

• a petrified dinosaur bone

• a footprint captured in mud

• a seashell found on the beach

• an insect stuck in amber

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Which of the following is NOT something you could learn from a fossil?

• The size of the animal

• What the animal ate

• The color of the animal

• Where the animal lived

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In which kind of rock do we usually find a fossil?

• sedimentary  rock

• metamorphic rock

• igneous rock

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You just learned that there are several different kinds of fossils. Identify each of these as either a trace fossil, a whole body fossil, or a fossil of only one part of an animal or plant.

a

b

c

trace fossil

only one part

Whole body fossil

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You just learned that there are several different kinds of fossils.

Identify each of these as either a trace fossil, a whole body fossil, or a fossil of only one part of an animal or plant.

a

b

c

Whole body fossil

trace fossil

only one part

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What is a fossil?

• A type of rock

• The remains or impression of a prehistoric organism preserved in petrified form or as a mold or cast in rock

• A modern animal's skeleton

• A piece of ancient pottery

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Match the following pictures with the correct type of fossil

• Mold Fossil

• 
• Trace Fossil

• 
• Amber Fossil

• 
• Petrified Fossil

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• Cast Fossil

• 

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Match the following pictures with the correct type of fossil

• Amber Fossil

• 
• Trace Fossil

• 
• Petrified Fossil

• 
• Mold Fossil

• 
• Cast Fossil

• 

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Which statement BEST describes how the fossil bones of a dinosaur are formed?

• The dinosaur became trapped in amber.

• The dinosaur was covered in sediment.

• The dinosaur was frozen in ice.

• The dinosaur stepped in wet mud.