Fossil Study Guide

Fossil

• the preserved remains of plants or animals that lived a long time ago
• no longer found alive
• living things such as plants and animals

Climate

• The weather patterns in an area over a long period of time
• To rot or decompose
• The precipitation that comes from the sky

Amber

• Substance found in the sandhills
• substance formed from tree sap

Extinct

• All the living and non living things in an area
• No longer found alive

Paleontologist

• a scientist that studies rocks from long ago
• a scientist who studies fossils and organisms that lived long ago

Decay

• No longer found alive
• To rot or decompose

Organisms

• Living things such as plants
• Flowerless plants 

Imprint

• an animal that eats plants
• a mark on a surface such as mud or rock

Sedimentary 

• Rock usually formed in layers by sediment deposits
• Rock formed from cooled molten lava

Preserved

• In an original condition
• No longer found alive