Imprint left by the outside of a plant or animal

Fossils that show how long-dead animals changed their environment

Minerals that fill a mold and have the same shape as the original living thing

Any fuel formed from the remains of once living organisms

Fuel that is mainly used in transportation

Type of coal most often used in factories due to its availability

Type of coal which produces very little heat, but a lot of pollution

Early form of coal made up of dead swamp plants

Valuable / rare form of coal which produces a lot of heat and very little smoke

Gas fuel used for cooking and heating

A tree buried in a mineral hot spring would probably form a ___________ ___________.

A __________ is an example of a trace fossil showing where an animal walked.

The _______ of an animal would most likely become a fossil. (Choose one)

By studying fossils of an animal's _____, scientists can find out what the animal may have eaten.

Heat and pressure may destroy most of the buried remains of a plant or animal, leaving a thin covering called ____ ____.

When minerals take the place of once-living materials _____ fossils are formed.

What are three types of fossil fuels?

What happened thousands of years ago to create some of the fossils we find today? (Choose two.)

Were people alive when dinosaurs roamed the Earth? How do we know?

(Choose two.)

How did the dinosaurs fit on the ark?

(Choose two.)

Why are most fossils found in sedimentary rock?

(Choose two.)

What does the word "dinosaur" mean?

What does "fossil" mean?

What terms does the Bible use in reference to "dinosaurs"?

(Only one is not chosen.)

This forms when part of an organism decayed and was replaced by minerals which harden into rock

The imprint of an organism that has been pressed into a rock

a copy of the shape of an organism formed by fine sediment that has been pressed into a mold

A fossil of something that an organism left behind such as a footprint.

Any part or trace of a living organism that is naturally preserved after it dies is a fossil

People who believe that life developed gradually over millions of years are called

People who believe God created the earth and all forms of life in 6 days are called

Most of the fossils formed during the Genesis flood

The scientific study of fossils is called

Removing a fossil from the rock around it is called

Scientists can make good guesses about the size of an animal from its skeleton

Most fossils were formed by the flood is a belief of

What tools would a scientist use when excavating fossils?

Scientists _____fossils with a hammer and other tools.

What type of fossil is this?

What is deposit (deposition)?

What are fossils?