Fossils - 3rd grade vocabulary

The preserved remains or traces of a living thing.

• fossil

• extinct

• amber

• paleontologist

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·       A person who studies fossils.

• fossilogist

• technician

• paleontologist

• specialist

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Fossilized tree sap

• trace fossil

• mold fossil

• cast fossil

• amber

Geological records of the activities and behaviors of past life.

• amber

• trace fossil

• cast fossil

• mold fossil

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·        fossils that form an imprint of an organism.

• amber

• trace fossils

• mold fossils

• cast fossils

mold fossils fill with material such as sediments or minerals, and creates a replica of the original organism.

• amber

• mold fossils

• trace fossils

• cast fossils

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