Fossils

An extremely thin coating of carbon on a rock is called a ___.

Fossils of organisms that have been trapped in resin or tar are called ___.

The fossil record provides evidence about the history of life & past environments on the Earth.

___ are fossils in which minerals replace all of an organism.

Most fossils form when living things die & are buried by ___ that hardens into rock over time.

A ___ is a solid copy of the shape of an organism.

___ are the preserved remains or traces of living things.

___ provide evidence of the activities of ancient organisms.

A ___ can form when sediment buries the hard part of an organism.

___ are scientists who study fossils.

Evolution is the change in living things over time.

Which of the following substances is not able to preserve entire organisms?

What kind of fossil is a footprint?

What does the fossil record provide evidence about?

An organism is extinct if it no longer exists and will never again live on Earth.

A ___ is a hollow area in sediment in the shape of an organism.