Fossils: Exit Slip

Complete, cut out, and past on left side of foldable: Draw a

line to the correct definition of each word.
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Body Fossil

A fossil that has

evidence of a once
organism, but not the actual
organism is preserved.

Cast Fossil
living
made and then that
imprint is fossilized

living

An imprint of a once
organism is

Fossil

The actual organism is

preserved in the fossil

Trace Fossil
living
made and then
minerals fill in the imprint before
fossilization occurs.

Mold Fossil
organisms
preserved by

An imprint of a once
organism is

Remains of once living

that have been
nature.

------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Complete, cut out, and paste on right side of foldable:

1. How did the fossils you made today represent a Trace Fossil and not a
Body Fossil?

2. List one way that fossils give us information about the Earths
millions of years ago.