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Adapted from What is a Fossil MOR Dinosaur Trunk Activity. Grade Level: Grades K-8 ... Decide whether each specimen is a fossil and, if so, what kind of evidence of past life it provides. Materials Included ... Explain to students that a fossil, by definition, provides evidence of past life.

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a fossil of a footprint, trail, burrow, or other trace of an animal rather than of the animal itself.

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Rock that has formed through the deposition and solidification of sediment, especially sediment transported by water (rivers, lakes, and oceans), ice ( glaciers ), and wind. Sedimentary rocks are often deposited in layers, and frequently containfossils.

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The definition of a fossil is the preserved remains of a prehistoric organism or is slang for someone or something that is old and outdated. An example of a fossil is the preserved remains from a prehistoric organism that have been preserved inside rock.

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In geology, petrifaction or petrification is the process by which organic material becomes a fossil through the replacement of the original material and the filling of the original pore spaces with minerals.

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Paleontology is the Science that studies life in the past. The term was coined in the first half of the 19th Century (from the Latin paleos =ancient, ontos =life, logos =speech) and it literally means “speech on ancient organisms”. ... Being remains of ancient organisms, fossils are precious witnesses of the Earth's past.

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the remains or impression of a prehistoric organism preserved in petrified form or as a mold or cast in rock.

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Fossil Evidence. Fossils are essentially clues that have been left behind by various forms of living things. They are instrumental tools for understanding the diverse groups of organisms that have inhabited our planet at one time or another. A fossil is any preserved evidence of an organism.

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In trace fossil nomenclature a Latin binomial name is used, just as in animal and plant taxonomy, with a genus and specific epithet. ... When referring to trace fossils, the terms ichnogenus and ichnospecies parallel genus and species respectively.

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The many different ways organisms are preserved gives fossils different characteristics. ... For paleontologists, finding an organism that is preserved without any changes to its composition is a huge find.