Fossil Formation
Fossil Types
Fossil Facts
Fossil Record
Fossil Vocab
100
Soft parts of animal break down
What is decay
100
These types of fossils are found in tar, ice, sand, or amber.
What is body fossils
100
A fossil of a tooth is found with a flat surface. This animal most likely ate this.
What is plants
100
These are the three types of fossil fuels
What is coal, oil and gas.
100
This is what remains of an animal or a plant.
What is remnant
200
Comes from water to turn bones into rock.
What is minerals
200
A triceratops uses its horns to gouge a huge chunk out of a log. The log gets fossilized, with the gouges intact and creates this type of fossil.
What is trace fossil.
200
Many organisms become extinct because they cannot do this.
What is adapt.
200
This is the spongey substance left behind from prehistoric tropical rainforests.
What is peat.
200
Tree sap that preserves an animal
What is amber
300
Dinosaur fossils are found under layers of this.
What is sediment
300
A prehistoric beetle falls into a pool of mud. The mud hardens around the beetles body, which decays away and creates this type of fossil.
What is mold fossil.
300
This type of fossil is very rare.
What is body fossil
300
This is everything scientists know about fossils up till now.
What is fossil record.
300
Plant or animal remains from a long time ago turned into rock
What is fossil
400
Animal has died a long time ago and no longer exist.
What is extinct
400
The space left behind by the beetle fills in with minerals, which harden over time into the beetle's shape and create this type of fossil.
What is cast fossil.
400
Scientists use fossils to study this time period.
What is the past/ what life was like before.
400
These two forces turn fossils into fossil fuels.
What is temperature and pressure
400
Plants or animals form imprints in rock called this.
What is impression
500
In order to form a fossil, an organism must usually have this done in order to prevent decaying of entire body.
What is be buried
500
An eggshell with no egg inside is similar to this type of fossil.
What is mold fossil.
500
Many seashells form these type of fossils.
What is cast fossil
500
Fuels consisting of remains from fossils.
What is fossil fuels
500
This type of fossil makes a hollow print.
What is mold fossil
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