Fossils 3rd grade vocabulary

Preserved remains of once-living organisms

• preserve

• fossils

• environment

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS4-1

NGSS.MS-LS4-2

the preserved evidence of the activity of an organism footprints, burrows, coprolite

• mold fossil

• cast fossil

• trace fossil

• true form fossil

A fossil that is a copy of an organism's shape, formed when minerals seep into a mold

• trace fossil

• cast fossil

• mold fossil

• true form fossil

When an organism soft body parts are preserved in tar pits, amber, or ice

• trace fossil

• mold fossil

• cast fossil

• true form fossil

show impression of an animal or plant imprint fossil

• trace fossil

• mold fossil

• cast fossil

• true form fossil

organism that obtains energy by eating only plants

• carnivore

• herbivore

• omnivore

organism that obtains energy by eating both plants and animals

• carnivore

• herbivore

• omnivore

organism that obtains energy by eating animals

• carnivore

• herbivore

• omnivore

an animal that feeds on carrion, dead plant material, or refuse (garbage)

• predator

• scavenger

An animal that hunts other animals for food

• predator

• scavenger

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-4