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

to keep (something) in its original state or in good condition ( protect from decay, loss, or destruction)

• fossils

• preserve

• fossil imprint

• none of the above

Which layer is the oldest

• B
• G

• A

• C

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-4