Paleontology Vocabulary

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Paleontologist

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A scientist who studies fossils and ancient life forms

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Intrigued

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Strongly interested or fascinated

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Fossils

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Preserved remains or traces of ancient organisms

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Prehistoric

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Relating to the time before written history

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Speculate

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To form a theory or guess without complete evidence

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Prevailing

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Most common or widespread at a particular time

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Insulating

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Protecting by preventing the passage of heat, cold, or sound

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Theropod

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A type of bipedal, mostly meat-eating dinosaur

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Plausible

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Seeming reasonable or likely to be true

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Aerodynamics

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The study of how air moves around objects