Module 2 Vocabulary CHALLENGE

To ________ something is to tell what it is like.

• describe

• detail

• famous

• plaster

If you ________ something, you find it for the first time.

• study

• discover

• describe

• plaster

A ________ is a place where scientists conduct research or experiments.

• microscope

• laboratory

• pliers

• site

This is an instrument that uses magnifying lenses to make very tiny things appear larger.

• pliers

• paragraph

• microscope

• laboratory

When transporting fossils, scientists often wrap them in ______ to protect them.

• plaster

• detail

• evidence

• prehistoric

What tool is this?

• plaster

• pliers

• chisel

• brush

Paleontologists study things from _______ history, or the distant past.

• surface

• fossil

• ancient

• petrified

What text feature is this?

• heading

• caption

• table of contents

• key word

To _______ is to dig something up that has been buried in the ground.

• excavate

• describe

• study

• challenge

What tool is this?

• pliers

• brush

• chisel

• saw