05 Science Chapter 2 Fossils and Dinosaurs

The scientific study of fossils

• biology

• mineralogy

• paleontology

• fossilology

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Removing a fossil from a rock

• excavation

• execution

• exit

• executor

To gradually change

• excavate

• evolve

• emancipate

• eerie

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People who believe that life on earth developed gradually over millions of years

• creationists

• evolutionists

• millionists

• apeists

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People who believe that God made the earth and all forms of life in six days

• Evolutionists

• Bibleists

• Creationists

• Evolveists

Any part or trace of a living organism that is naturally preserved after it dies

• petrified fossil

• mold

• cast

• fossil

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To rot away

• decompress

• decompose

• destroy

• desparate

Forms when part of an organism decayed and was replaced by minerals that harden into rock

• fossil

• petrified fossil

• cast

• mold

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The imprint of an organism that has been pressed into rock

• cast

• mold

• carbon film

• trace fossil

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A copy of the shape of an organism formed by fine sediment that has been pressed into a mold

• cast

• mold

• carbon film

• trace fossil