Fossils can also form through a process called _________, which happens when minerals replace previously living material.
Carbonization
Civilization
Petrification
The study of life that existed in geologic periods through fossils is called ___________.
Paleontology
Philanthropist
Anthropology
Fossils of poop are called _______, and they can tell us what a creature ate.
Trilobites
Brachiopods
Coprolites
The oldest known fossil is from a _______ that lived in South Africa about 3.2 billion years ago.
Rock
Blue-green algae
Animal Poop
Most Fossils are found when the rocks of the landscape are worn away by ______ and water, exposing the fossils.
Wind
Plants
Seed
Fossils are useful for ________ to learn about extinct species.
Teachers
Doctors
Scientists
Animals Footprints are what type of fossil that are left behind when they are alive.
Trace
Mummified
Remains
Fossils may be found almost anywhere _______ rocks are exposed.
Sedimentary
Limestone
Granite
A paleo-species is most often defined from the fossil record based on:
The reproduction of fertile offspring
Morphology
DNA comparisons
The body of an animal is more likely to become fossilized if it:
It is buried deeply in the ground.
It is left on the surface of the ground.
It does not contain bones or other hard body parts.
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