Fossils Word Scramble
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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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