Name:___________________________

Date:__________________________

Making a Fossil
Directions: Answer the following questions about
the Making a Fossil activity. Please either write or
draw your answers clearly.
1. In your first activity that you completed, what type of
fossil did you create? Circle the correct answer. Answers
vary depending on center.

Mold Fossil

Cast Fossil

2. What was your process in creating the fossil? Draw or

describe.
Answers vary depending on center.
Mold or Cast process should be explained.

3. What is the name of someone who studies fossils? (Try

your best with the spelling)
Paleontologist
4. In your second activity that you completed, what type
of fossil did you create? Circle the correct answer.
Answers vary depending on center.
Mold Fossil

Cast Fossil

5. What was your process in creating the fossil? Draw or

describe.
Answers vary depending on center.
Mold or cast fossil process should be explained.

6. What do you notice about your fossils? (List

characteristics of your fossil)
Answers vary depending on item used to fossilize.

7. Why do you think that fossils are important?

Student answers may vary; looking for the answers that
they tell us about the past

8. What are the two main ways that fossils are classified?
1. Body Fossil
2. Trace Fossil