Fossils Vocabulary Quiz

Which word means "to shape a substance by pouring in liquid or very soft form into a mold and letting it harden without pressure"?

• cast

• extinct

• mold

• trace

Which word means "no longer existing"?

• extinct

• mold

• trace

• excavation

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NGSS.MS-LS4-1

Which word means "the frame on, around or in which something is constructed or shaped"?

• mold

• trace

• excavation

• petrify

Which word means "a surviving mark, sign or evidence of something that once lived"?

• trace

• excavation

• petrify

• fossil

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS4-1

Which word means "to dig or scoop out"?

• excavation

• petrify

• fossil

• sediment

Which word means "to change into a hardened or stony substance"?

• petrify

• fossil

• sediment

• preserve

Which word means "a trace or print or the remains of a plant or animal of a past age preserved in earth or rock"?

• fossil

• sediment

• preserve

• paleontologist

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS4-1

NGSS.MS-LS4-2

Which word means "dirt or minerals that are deposited by water, air or ice"?

• sediment

• preserve

• paleontologist

• cast

Which word means "to keep or make lasting"?

• preserve

• paleontologist

• cast

• extinct

Which word means "a scientist that studies fossils"?

• paleontologist

• cast

• extinct

• mold