fossil's Flashcards
Remains or traces of plants and animals that lived a long time ago
Fossil
A living thing that is no longer found alive anywhere on earth today.
Extinct
A scientist that studies fossils.
Paleontologist
An animal that eats plants
Herbivore
An animal that eats meat.
Carnivore
An animal that eats both plants and meat.
Omnivore
Any living thing.
Organisms
A hollow fossil form clearly showing the outside features of the organism.
Mold
Formed or shaped within the mold
Cast
A fossil created by print or impression
Imprint (impression)
Hardened tree sap, often a source or inset fossils.
Amber
Studying trace fossils, we can learn about how animals lived.
Trace fossils
An actual preserved body of an animal
True form fossil
Infer, characteristics, examine, investigate, reasoning, preserved parts, fossil evidence
Sedimentary rocks: formed by layers of rock being pressed together over time.
Support Vocabulary
A change or disturbance of the environment most often caused by human influences and natural ecological processes.
Environmental Conditions
The process of carrying away rocks.
Erosion
(Takes it)
A natural process that slowly breaks apart rock.
Weathering
(breaks it)
An invisible force that pulls objects toward each other.
Gravity
(Deposition- drops it)
Early environment(before)
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