Fossils Vocab

Preserved remains or evidence of living things from long ago (at least 10,000 years old)

• Extinct

• Fossil

• Resin

• Amber

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS4-1

The preserved remains of animal or plant body parts

• Fossil

• Trace Fossil

• Body Fossil

• Minerals

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS4-1

The preserved remains of the activity of plants or animals.

• Fossil

• Body Fossil

• Trace Fossil

• Extinct

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS4-1

A sticky organic substance

• Minerals

• Tree Sap

• Resin

• Amber

A product of trees that is sticky

• Tree Sap

• Minerals

• Resin

• Decompose

Hardening tree sap where insects sometimes become fossilized

• Tree Sap

• Resin

• Amber

• Body Fossil

A solid substance found in the ground

• Minerals

• Amber

• Resin

• Fossil

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS3-1

The process by which the earth is worn down by weather

• Analyze

• Minerals

• Decompose

• Weathering

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

A scientist who studies fossils

• Fossilization

• Paleontologist

• Amber

• Extinct

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS4-1

NGSS.MS-LS4-2

To look for clues

• Fossilization

• Trace Fossils

• Analyze

• Decompose

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS4-1

NGSS.MS-LS4-2