NAME______________________________
DATE________________________
1. Fossils are the _____________________ remains of dead animals.
2. A dead creature can leave an ______________________in the soil
around it.
3. This imprint may _______________________ or become
____________________with another substance and become
_____________________.
4. Some examples of fossils are a ____________________
________________________, __________________________
_________________________, or the imprint of an ancient plant.
5. Scientists who study fossils are called ______________________.