Fossils Flashcards
science
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 who studies fossils.
paleontologist
Animal that eats plants.
Herbivore
An animal that eats meat.
carnivore
An animal that eats plants and meat.
omnivore
Any living thing.
organism
A hollow fossil from clearly showing the outside features of the organism.
mold
Formed or shaped within the mold.
Cast
Also created by a print or impression.
Imprint( impression)
Harden tree set often a source or insect fossils
Amber
Studying trace fossils, we can learn about how animals lived.
Trace fossils
An actual preserved body of an animal.
True from fossils
a change or disturbance of the environment most often caused by human influence in the natural ecological processes.
Environmental conditions
The process of carrying away rocks.
erosion( take it)
A natural process that slowly breaks apart Rock
Weathering( breaks it)
An invisible force that pulls objects toward each other.
Gravity( drops it)