Fossil Notes

Directions for Part 1: Read the article, Change Over Time The Fossil Record and then answer questions
1 - 6 below in complete sentences. If you need this article read to you, use google read & write!
Focus on the following sections/headers in bold on the article to answer the questions below.
How Rock Fossils Form
1) Define fossilization.

2) Describe how Rock Fossils form.

Trace Fossils
3) What are trace fossils?

4) List 3 examples of trace fossils.

a.
b.
c.

5) What type of information can trace fossils tell us?

Gaps in the Fossil Record

6) List 3 reasons why there are gaps in the fossil record.
a.
b.
c.

Directions for Part 2: Use Fossils Interactive to complete question 7 below in complete sentences.
Click the link and login with your mcps gmail account (click “sign in with google”). If you need the text
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read to you, use the speaker icon (look at the screenshot below).

7) Describe the difference between the two main types of fossils:

Body Fossils:

Trace Fossils:

Directions for Part 3: Read through the fossils slideshow and use it to complete questions 8 - 12 below in
complete sentences. If you need the text read to you, use google read and write!

8) Fill in the blanks below.

Organisms have a better chance of being preserved if they have such as

, , , or .

9) What are petrified remains?

10) What are carbon films?

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11) What is the difference between a mold and cast fossil?

12) What are index fossils?