Fossil test

A ______________________ is a scientist who studies organisms that lived long ago.

• decay

• imprint

• sedimentary rock

• paleontologist

The ____________________ is the weather conditions in an area over a long period of time.

• organism

• amber

• climate

• extinct

The size and shape of a plant fossil can tell scientists the type of __________________it lived in.

• organism

• amber

• climate

• extinct

A ___________________________ is an animal that eats other animals.

• sedimentary rock

• paleontologist

• carnivore

• fossil

_______________________ plants and animals are no longer found alive.

• organism

• amber

• climate

• extinct

To____________________________ means to rot or decompose.

• environment

• preserved

• decay

• imprint

An ____________________ is a mark on a surface such as mud.

• decay

• imprint

• sedimentary rock

• paleontologist

Organisms get stuck in this hard yellow-orange tree sap. ________________

• organism

• amber

• climate

• extinct

Rock that forms in layers is known as __________________________.

• imprint

• sedimentary rock

• paleontologist

• carnivore

An organism in its original condition is ________________________.

• environment

• preserved

• decay

• imprint