Science
An organism no longer found on earth
Extinct
How many continents have fossils been found?
3 continents
What is a true form fossil?
An organism that is preserved in entirely in its natural form.
A strong desire for success
Ambition
A rock layer contains layers of…
Sediment
How do scientist excavate fossils?
With a hammer and other tools
Trace fossil?
Do not include evidence of the organism, but rather cues that an organism has done something.
Always the same.
Consistent
Special tools that scientists use
Chisels
What is a body fossil?
Preserved remains made from the actual organism
Cast fossils?
Look like the hard parts of the organism.
Merely
Simply
The preserved remains or imprints of an organism that lived in the distant past
Fossil
Where does a scientist write evidence of fossils?
A fossil record
Mold fossils ?
Look like dents in the rock.
A thought or attitude affected by feelings
Sentiment
Fossil bed
The area in the ground where fossils are found
What does a scientist record about in a fossil record ?
Location, size, type of fossil and where and animal might have lived