fossils

Question 1

remains or traces of plants and animals that have lived a long time ago

Answer 1

fossils

Question 2

a living thing that is no longer found alive anywhere on earth today

Answer 2

extinct

Question 3

a scientist that studies fossils

Answer 3

paleontologist

Question 4

an animal that eats plants

Answer 4

herbivore

Question 5

an animal that eats meat

Answer 5

carnivore

Question 6

an animal that eats both plants and meat

Answer 6

omnivore

Question 7

any living thing

Answer 7

organism

Question 8

a hollow fossil form clearly showing the outside features of the organism

Answer 8

mold

Question 9

formed or shaped within the mold

Answer 9

cast

Question 10

a fossil created by a print or impression

Answer 10

imprint

Question 11

hardened tree sap,often a source or insect fossils

Answer 11

amber

Question 12

studying trace fossils, we can learn about how animals lived

Answer 12

trace fossils

Question 13

an actual preserved body of an animal

Answer 13

true form fossil

Question 14

a change or disturbance most often caused by human influences and natural ecological processes

Answer 14

environmental conditions

Question 15

the process of carrying away rocks

Answer 15

erosion

Question 16

a natural process that slowly breaks apart rocks

Answer 16

weathering

Question 17

an invisible force that pulls objects toward each other

Answer 17

gravity