Vocabulary
Vocabulary Cont
True or False
Types of Fossils
Random
100

no longer alive 

What is extinct 

100

weather conditions in an area over a long period of time

What is climate?

100

A fish fossil found in the desert tell scientists that long ago that piece of land was a mountain. 

False , it was a body of water 

100

Some fossils are found in this orange-yellow substance

What is amber

100

Fossils usually form in this type of rock. 

What is sedimentary?

200

a person who studies fossils 

What is a paleontologist?
200

living things such as plants and animals 

What is an organism?

200

A sharp tooth fossil tells scientists that the animal probably ate meat. 

True

200

Mud or sediment builds up and forms this

What is a mold fossil ?

200

Bones,teeth and eggs are examples of this 

What are body fossils?

300

to rot or decompose

What is decay?

300

hardened rock 

Cast fossils?

300

A fossil found in very cold climates can be preserved in ice and snow 

True 

300

A plant or animal dies than decomposes and forms this. 

What is an imprint fossil?

300

Some fossils get trapped in tree sap and the sap becomes hardened in this yellow-orange substance. 

What is amber?

400

a hard orange-yellow substance formed from tree sap

What is amber?

400
a plant or animal dies and forms this 
What is an imprint fossil?
400

Fossils are often found in igneous rocks. 

False they are found in sedimentary rocks. 

400

A fish fossil found in the dessert tell scientist that long ago that piece of land was what?

What is a body of water?

400

This type of fossil is formed when an animal dies and the soft parts decay while the hard parts are left behind. 

What are imprint fossils?
500

the preserved remains of plants and animals that lived long ago 

What is a fossil?

500

mud or sediment builds up and this is formed 

What is a mold fossil ?

500
Bones, teeth and eggs are examples of body fossils 

True

500
In a very cold climate like a tundra, fossils can be preserved in ___________.

What is ice or snow?

500

A fern, which needs a warm climate ,  was found in an area that was cold, this tells scientist that the _______________ changed a lot. 

What is climate?
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