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

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?

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