Science Vocabulary

The preserved remains or traces of living things:

• Mold

• Cast

• Fossil

• Trace fossil

Scientists who study fossils:

• Paleontologist

• Scientific Theory

• Carbon Films

• Neourologist

Type of rock that is hardened sediment:

• Igneous Rock

• Metamorphic Rock

• Sedimentary Rock

• Paleontologist

Type of rock that forms from the cooling of molten rock at or below the surface:

• Igneous Rock

• Sedimentary Rock

• Metamorphic Rock

• Fossil

Type of rock that forms from an existing rock that is changed by heat, pressure, or chemical reactions:

• Sedimentary Rock

• Igneous Rock

• Trace fossil

• Metamorphic Rock

Fossil formed when an organism buried in sediment dissolves, leaving a hallow area:

• Fossil

• Trace Fossil

• Cast

• Mold

Fossil that is a copy of an organisms shape, formed when minerals seep into a mold:

• Fossil

• Trace fossil

• Mold

• Cast

Fossil set that provides clues of the living organisms activities:

• Mold

• Cast

• Trace fossil

• Fossil

A well tested concept that explains a wide range of observations:

• Scientific theory

• Scientific Law

• Evolution

• Paleontologist

A statement based on repeated experimental observations that describes some aspects of the universe. It does not explain why the phenomenon exists or what causes it:

• Scientific Theory

• Scientific Law

• Evolution

• Trace fossil