Sci Unit Vocab Study Guide

the remains or traces of an organism that lived long ago

• fossil
• behavior
• amber
• volcano
• glacier

A fossil that provides information about the behavior and movement of an organism (footprint, eggs and fossilized dung)

• trace fossil
• behavior
• amber
• volcano
• glacier

A fossil that includes any part of the actual animal or plant (teeth, bones, and imprints, molds or casts)

• body fossil
• behavior
• amber
• volcano
• glacier

hardened tree resin

• amber
• behavior
• volcano
• glacier
• deposition

the space left in the surrounding rock when an organism that has been buried underground decomposes and dissolves

• mold fossil
• behavior
• amber
• volcano
• glacier

the copy of the original organism that forms as sediment and minerals make their way into the mold and harden

• cast fossil
• behavior
• amber
• volcano
• glacier

the breaking down and wearing away of rock

• weathering
• behavior
• amber
• volcano
• glacier

the movement of weathered materials by water, wind or ice

• erosion
• behavior
• amber
• volcano
• glacier

the process in which materials eroded by water, wind, or ice are dropped in a new place

• deposition
• behavior
• amber
• volcano
• glacier

a large body of ice moving slowly down a slope or over a wide area of land

• glacier
• behavior
• amber
• volcano
• deposition