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Fossils

TermDefinition
petroleum fuel that is mainly used in transportation
mold imprint left by the outside of a plant or animal
anthracite valuable form of coal that produces a lot of heat and very little smoke
cast minerals that fill a mold and have the same shape as the original living thing
bituminous type of coal most often used in factories
fossils remains of once-living things that have been preserved
lignite type of coal that produces very little heat
trace fossils fossils that show how long-dead animals changed their environments
peat earl form of coal made up of dead swamp plants
fossil fuel any fuel formed from the remains of once-living organisms
natural gas gas fuel used for cooking and heating
carbon film heat and pressure destroy the remains leaving a thin covering
petrified fossil fossil of a tree where minerals have replaced the wood
a mold forms.... when remains of animals or plants are washed away
footprint is a .... trace fossil
true or false bottom rock layers are the oldest true
droppings show... what the animal might have eaten
true or false skin usually forms a fossil false
what kind of fossil has minerals replacing the remains... petrified fossil
type of coal that contains the most carbon and burns the hottest anthracite
true or false peat is the best type of coal with the most carbon false
true or false woolly mammoths can be completely preserved in glaciers true
true or false coal is formed by minerals replacing the remains false
true or false a leg bone is a trace fossil false
true or false fossils tell us exactly what and animal was like false
true or false today elephant isn't related to any other animal false
true or false we mine anthracite in ND false
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