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Fossils
Wehlander
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| What are the remains of once-living things that have been preserved? | Fossils |
| What is an imprint left by a plant or animal? | Mold |
| What are fossils that show how long-dead animals changed their environment? | Trace Fossils |
| What is formed when minerals fill a mold and have the same shape as the original living thing? | Cast |
| What is any fuel that formed from the remains of once-living organisms? | Fossil Fuel |
| What is fuel that is mainly used in transportation? | Petroleum |
| What type of coal most often is used in factories? | Bituminous coal |
| What is the type of coal that produces very little heat? | Lignite |
| What early form of coal is made up of dead swamp plants? | Peat |
| What is a valuable form of coal that produces a lot of heat and very little smoke? | Anthracite |
| What gas fuel is used for cooking and heating? | Natural Gas |
| What type of fossil would a tree buried in a mineral hot spring form? | Petrified Fossil |
| Give an example of a trace fossil. | Footprint, burrows, droppings |
| Which part of an animal would most likely form a fossil? | Bones |
| By studying what type of fossil can scientists tell what an animal might have eaten? | Droppings |
| What forms when the remains of a dead plant or animal are washed out of rock by water? | Mold |
| What is the thin covering that is left behind when heat and pressure destroy the buried remains? | Carbon film |
| What type of fossil is formed when minerals take the place of once-living materials? | Petrified |
| What type of coal contains the most carbon and burns the hottest? | Antracite |
| What are the three fossil fuels. | Petroleum, Natural Gas, Coal |
| What type of coal is a dark yellow, crumbly material that is made up dead swamp plants? | Peat |
| What type of coal is sometimes called brown coal that is not good as a fuel? | Lignite |
| What type of coal is the most useful but can cause air pollution? | Bituminous |
| What type of coal is hard, black coal that burns with little smoke or ash. | Anthracite |
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