5th Grade Chapter 2 Science Test

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Tbe fossil record indicates that animals were ---

Paleontologists look at the ______________ of modern animals to help them make guesses about what an extinct animal might have looked like.

Permanently frozen soil is called ---

The scientific study of fossils is called---

A fossil formed when part of a plant or animal decayed underneath the weight of sediment and left an image of itself on a rock is called----

When fine sediment has been pressed into a mold and a copy of the shape of the organism formed is called a ----

The process of removing a fossil from the rock and other materials around it is called...

When bone or wood is replaced by minerals that harden into rock, a _______________ forms.