Fossils

Question 1

Preserved remains or traces of once-living organisms, usually buried by sediment

Answer 1

Fossils

Question 2

Types of fossils?

Answer 2

Cast, molds, carbon film, trace fossils, petrified fossils, preserved fossils

Question 3

Takes the same shape of the plant or animal. The space is sometimes filled with mud. The mud hardens and turns into rock. Cast are often made from a mold.

Answer 3

Cast

Question 4

Looks like the shape of living thing carved into a rock. The inside of the sedimentary rock is a hollow space that takes the shape od the one living thing

Answer 4

Mold

Question 5

Plant imprints or animal footprints harden and become fossils

Answer 5

Trace Fossils

Question 6

Scientists that study once living things that no longer exist

Answer 6

Paleontologists

Question 7

minerals build up and replace all or part of an organism

Answer 7

Petrified fossils

Question 8

thin coating of carbon on a rock; gases escape from the sediment leaving behind carbon; shows delicate parts (leaves; insects)

Answer 8

Carbon film

Question 9

Remains of an organism in tar, amber, or ice

Answer 9

Preserved remains

Question 10

when an organism no longer exists and never will again

Answer 10

extinct

Question 11

well-tested concept that explains a wide range of observations

Answer 11

scienntific theory

Question 12

gradual change in living things over long periods of time

Answer 12

evolution

Question 13

information gathered by paleontologist

Answer 13

fossil record