8th 1st Semester Vocab

Place or role that an organism has in its habitat

• evolve

• niche

• fossil

• mold

• trait

fossil that forms when the remains of an organism leave an imprint

• fossil

• mold

• decay

• carbon

• trait

to break down or wear away

• weathering

• decay

• extinct

• evolve

• trait

species of animal that lived but no longer does

• decay

• carbon

• evolve

• extinct

• fossil record

information about Earth’s history that can be gathered from fossils

• mold

• fossil

• trait

• evolve

• fossil record

change over time

• evolve

• weathering

• niche

• decay

• carbon

characteristic or property of an organism

• fossil

• mold

• decay

• niche

• trait

element found in almost all compounds that make up living things

• fossil

• nitrogen

• weathering

• decay

• carbon

physical evidence of an organism from a past geologic age

• trait

• mold

• DNA

• evolve

• fossil

physical or chemical breakdown of rocks and minerals

• weathering

• decay

• adaption

• niche

• fossil