Fossils:

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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

Cast Fossil

The actual organism is

preserved in the fossil

Trace Fossil

An imprint of a once living

organism is made and then
minerals fill in the imprint before
fossilization occurs.

Fossil

Mold Fossil

A fossil that has evidence of a once

living organism, but not the actual
organism is preserved.
An imprint of a once living
organism is made and then that
imprint is fossilized

Remains of once living organisms

that have been preserved by
nature.

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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?

The fossils represented a trace fossil and not a body fossil
because it is evidence of the object and not the actual object.


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

They provide us with information of things that lived on Earth
and the environment long ago. (Answers may vary)