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- 1. Multiple Choice_______ are the preserved remains or traces of living things.bonesfossilsartifactsorganic matter
- 2. Multiple ChoiceFossils can provide evidence of how life has changed over time, how Earth's surface has changed, and clues about what past environments were like.TrueFalse
- 3. Multiple ChoiceIn what type of rock would you typically find fossils?igneousmetamorphicsedimentaryrocky
- 4. Multiple ChoiceMost fossils form from animals or plants that once lived in or near _____________desertsice tundraswaterforrests
- 5. Multiple ChoiceWhich parts of an organism are more likely to fossilize?the soft parts - skin, musclethe hard parts - bones, shells, stemsall parts can become fossilized easily because the organism becomes buried by sediments
- 6. Multiple ChoiceA _______ is a hollow area in sediment in the shape of an organism or part of an organism.moldcastpetrified fossiltrace fossil
- 7. Multiple ChoiceA _______ is a solid copy of the shape of an organism.moldcastpetrified fossiltrace fossil
- 8. Multiple Choice_______________ are fossils in which minerals replace all or part of an organism.carbon filmstrace fossilspetrified fossilsamber
- 9. Multiple ChoiceThese fossils provide evidence of the activities of ancient organisms.petrified fossilstrace fossilsmoldsamber
- 10. Multiple ChoiceA dinosaur track, a trail, and burrow are all examples ofcastsmoldstrace fossilspreserved remains
- 11. Multiple ChoiceBecoming trapped in tar and amber, and freezing are other processes besides fossilization that organisms can be preserved.TrueFalse
- 12. Multiple ChoiceAll the information that paleontologists have gathered about past life is called the _____geologic timegeologic erasfossil erasfossil record
- 13. Multiple ChoiceIf you found a rock containing a very complex fossil, you could infer that the rock isrelatively youngvery oldigneousmetamorphic
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This is an example of aTrace fossilcast fossilfossil moldcarbon film - 15. Multiple ChoiceThis is an example of acast fossilmold fossiltrace fossilcarbon film
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