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Animal of the Week
100
Any evidence of an organism that lived in the past.
What is a fossil?
100
A scientist who studies the forms of life that existed in former geologic periods, mainly by studying fossils.
What is a paleontologist?
100
Deposited rock particles and other materials that settle in a liquid.
What is sediment?
100
This endangered animal is a "cousin" to a crocodile.
What is a Gharial?
200
An Individual animal or plant.
What is an organism
200
A trail, nest, burrow or other evidence of an organism found fossilized in sediments, it shows the activity of an organism.
What is a trace fossil?
200
To maintain something in its original or existing state.
What is preserve?
200
This vulnerable Animal lives on floating ice.
What is a Polar Bear?
300
The parts left over after other parts have been removed, used or destroyed.
What are remains?
300
A rare event when remains or evidence of organisms are hardened and preserved.
What is fossilization?
300
This type of fossil is not made of the organism itself.
What is a trace fossil?
300
This endangered water animal's fertilized eggs are carried by the Dad, not the Mom!
What is a Seahorse?
400
This type of fossil clearly shows the outside features of an organism, because the organism was "pressed" into something soft, like soil or mud.
What is a mold?
400
This type of fossil was created by a print or impression.
What is an imprint?
400
Even if there is no insect trapped in it, this type of hardened tree sap is made into beautiful jewelry.
What is Amber?
400
This endangered animal can be yellow, black, white, orange or silver and can live in your home aquarium.
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What is a butterfly fish?
500
This type of fossil is made when an insect gets trapped in sticky tree sap.
What is Amber?
500
This process creates fossils by replacing the wood with minerals and "turning it to stone"
What is petrified?
500
This is what happens when every member of a species dies.
What is Extinction?
500
This endangered animal is Mrs. O'Shea's favorite!
What is a giraffe?