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- 1. Multiple Choice
What type of fossil is an imprint in a rock?casttracemoldwhole/part - 2. Multiple ChoiceFossilized rock in the shape of dinosaur bones are which type of fossil?real bonemold fossilcast fossiltrace fossil
- 3. Multiple ChoiceThis type of fossil forms when sediments bury an organism and then sediments change into rock; the organism decays leaving a cavity in the shape of the organism.moldcastpetrifiedtrace
- 4. Multiple ChoiceThis type of fossil forms when a mold is filled with sand or mud that hardens into the shape of the organism.moldcasttracepreserved
- 5. Multiple ChoiceThis type of fossil forms when minerals soak into the buried remains, replacing the remains, and changing them into rock.moldcastpetrifiedpreserved
- 6. Multiple ChoiceShells and skeletons are typically fossilized in this fashion.mold and casttracecarbonized or carbon filmpermineralized or petrified
- 7. Multiple ChoiceTrees and sometimes marine animals are sometimes fossilized this waypermineralized or petrifiedtracecarbonized or carbon filmpreserved or original remains
- 8. Multiple ChoiceRemains of animals can be preserved by preventing them from decaying. What substances might help preserve parts or a whole animaltar, amber, iceice, carbonization, tracerock, amber, icetar, carbonization, rock
- 9. Multiple ChoiceThis type of scientist finds, preserves, and interprets fossils remains.archeologistpaleontologistgeologistanthropologist
- 10. Multiple ChoiceHardened tree sap is calleddiamondsambertarsyrup
- 11. Multiple ChoiceThese fossils are distinguishable from other fossils because they were scattered over a large region, very common, and lived during a short span of geologic timetraceindexpermineralizedmold and cast
- 12. Multiple ChoiceMost fossils are found in __________ rock layersmetamorphicsedimentaryigneous
- 13. Multiple ChoiceBy studying fossil records scientists can make inferences aboutthe diversity of plants and animals, past climates and geological events, and how organisms have evolvedthe diversity of plants and animals, how different rocks form, and past volcanic eruptionsthe simularities of plants and animals, how different rocks form and past volcanic eruptionsthe similarities of plants and animals, past climates and geological events, how different rocks form
- 14. Multiple ChoiceWhat type of fossil is pictured?castpetrified fossilpreserved remainstrace fossil
- 15. Multiple ChoiceWhat type of fossil is pictured?moldcasttrace fossilpetrified fossil
- 16. Multiple ChoiceThis is produced when sediments fill in a cavity made when an object decayedmoldcastindex fossil
- 17. Multiple ChoiceFossils of species that existed for short periods and were widespreaduniformitarianismcyanobacteriaindex fossils
- 18. Multiple ChoiceWhat are the remains, imprints, or traces of once-living organisms?index fossilsfossilmoldcast
- 19. Multiple Choice4. What is the name of this kind of fossil?Amber FossilExoskeleton fossilTrace FossilPetrification Fossil
- 20. Multiple ChoiceWhich layer of rock is the oldest?ABCD
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