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