9.8 Every rock has a story Flashcards
1
Q
trace or remains of an animal from a former geological age
A
fossil
2
Q
The movement of rocks underneath the earths surface (when rocks buckle)
A
Folding
3
Q
someone that studies fossils
A
palaeontologists
4
Q
Two rocks being compared by their age
A
relative age
5
Q
Animal that only eats other animals
A
carnivores
6
Q
An animal that eats dead plants or animal material
A
scavengers
7
Q
A hole in a rock that shows the shape of an organism
A
mould
8
Q
fossil that only shows traces of the organism
A
trace fossil
9
Q
Animals that can know longer be found anywhere
A
extinct
