Vocabulary
The remains of plants and animals that lived long ago.
What is a fossil?
Long periods of deep sleep during cold weather.
What is hibernation?
When scientists find a shark fossil in the desert, they know that this kind of habitat was once in this location.
What is an ocean habitat?
Dinosaurs have skulls like these creatures that are alive today.
What are reptiles or lizards?
To look at something closely and carefully.
What is observation?
To move from one place to another to find food and warmth.
What is migration?
This is what fossils are usually made of.
What is sedimentary rock?
A dinosaur's sharp, pointy teeth meant it ate this.
What is meat?
The natural home of a plant, animal, or any living thing.
What is a habitat?
When an animal no longer exists.
What is extinct?
The ability to live or exist even under difficult circumstances.
What is survival?
A dinosaur's flat teeth meant it ate this.
What is plants, grass, or leaves?
A quality or special feature that makes a person or animal different from others. Can be physical or behavioral.
What is a trait?
When an animal is able to blend in with their surroundings.
What is camouflage?
This habitat covered much of the United States 20,000 years ago.
What are glaciers?
Dinosaurs laid eggs and were scaly, cold-blooded creatures. Scientists call these kinds of animals this.
What are reptiles?
The surroundings or conditions in which a person or animal lives.
What is the environment?
To become adjusted to or used to new conditions. Can be physical or behavioral.
What is adaptation?
This is what a scientist who studies fossils is called.
What is a paleontologist?
This word means "terrifying lizard."
What is dinosaur?