Fossils and Rocks Worksheet #2

 

Name:____________________________________________________

 

What are Fossils?

1.   What parts of an animal’s body usually get fossilized?

a)

b)

c)

2.   In rare cases, scientists have found fossils of __________________and_____________________.

3.   What happens to the soft body of a snail if it becomes a fossil?

 

4.   In what type of rock are most fossils found?

 

5.   Who studies the remains of ancient life?

 

Where are the Fossils?

1.   How do traces of life get preserved?

 

2.   What type of rock contains most fossils?