Vocabulary
Vocabulary
Fossil Evidence
Fossils
Bonus
100

The preserved remains or traces of living organisms are called...

Trace fossils

100

What is the environment?

everything that surrounds and influences an organism

100

How can you tell which fossil is the oldest? (PICTURE)

Trilobite

100
What may the environment been like for a leaf? Describe the environment that the fossil may have been found in.
A leaf would have been found in some sort of forest environment where plants grow.
100
What are scientists who study fossils called?
paleontologist
200

the remains of ancient animals and plants, the trace or impressions of living things from past geological ages, or the traces of their activities

What is fossil

200
What is the definition of evidence?
observations, measurements, or data collected throughestablished and recognized scientific process.
200

Compare a fossil to a living organism (PICTURE)

fish

200
Describe what a trace fossil is.
A fossil of tracks, nests, droppings, bite marks.
200
What parts of animals are often preserved in sedimentary rock?
teeth, bone, and shells
300

observations, measurements, or data collected through established and recognized scientific processes.

What is evidence

300
What is the definition of fossil?
the remains of ancient animals and plant, the traces or impressions of living things from past geological ages, or the traces of their activities.
300

Trace fossils (PICTURE)

size of organsim, running or walking, weight of organism

300

How are resin (amber) fossils formed?

A small creature gets trapped in sticky sap that hardens over time creating amber. The creature is then fully encased in the amber.

300
Which of these is most like a cast or mold fossil? A.) burying your friend in the sand B.) watering flowers in your backyard C.) building a statue out of wet clay D.) pressing your hands into wet cement
D.) pressing your hands into wet cement
400

If this imprint fills in with minerals from sediment and groundwater, it can harden to form a fossil

What is a cast

400
What definition of extinct?
died out
400

Which environment is the oldest in this picture?

Water (Ocean, sea, lake or river)

400
Describe how fossils of bones are created.
A creature dies in or near water and is then covered by sediment. The fleshy part of the animal rots away. Minerals replace the bone and become harden rock.
400

Why would an organism change over time?

to adapt to environmental changes

500
died out
What is extinct
500

a living organism that looks similar to its ancient ancestors.

"Living Fossil"

500

Who ias this famous female fossil collector, dealer, and palaeontologist? (PICTURE)

Mary Anning

500

What can a fossil tell us?

Fossils provide evidence that the plants and animals existed, along with how they lived. You can learn about what type of food an animal ate, the environment they lived in, and how they cared for their young by examining fossils.

500
What are some whole, fossilized animals preserved in?
sap, snow, and ice
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