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What are fossils?
Fossils are remains or marks of plants and animals that lived a very long time ago.
Why are fossils important?
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What things become fossils?
animal's whole body or just a part of it, nest full of eggs, shape of a leaf, animal's footprints, or an old poop
What needs to happen first for a fossil to form?
A plant or animal must die.
What are the two types of fossils?
Body and Trace Fossils
Give an example of a body fossil.
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Give an example of a body fossil.
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Give an example of a trace fossil.
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Give an example of a trace fossil.
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Fossils can give us a "picture" of a living thing's size and shape when it was alive. TRUE or FALSE
TRUE
What type of fossil shows the size and shape of living things? (Body Fossil or Trace Fossil)
Body Fossil
What type of fossil shows evidence of the activity of a living thing? (Body Fossil or Trace Fossil)
Trace Fossil
