Fossils 4.E.2.1

The preserved remains of an animal, such as the animal’s bones, or impressions of the animal’s activities, such as footprints. 

• Organism

• Fossil

• Cast

• Reproduce

What are the the 3 main traits of living organism

• Develop, flourish, eat

• Decay, rotten, die

• Grow, take in nutrients, reproduce

• Reproduce, die, grow

They do not grow or need nutrients or reproduce.

• Plants

• Non living organisms

• Mammals

To keep, alive, intact, free from decay.

• Relocate

• Preserved

• Suspend

• Plant

Any living thing

• Fossil

• Organism

• Cast

 A bodily condition of any person which is from birth, accident, or disease, or from any other event outside the control of that person including height, weight, and individual physical mannerisms.

• Cast

• Physical characteristics

• Fossil

The mineralized sediment that fills the mold recreates the shape of the remains.

• Cast

• Fossil

• Organism

Fossils are found mostly in

• Metamorphic rocks

• Sedimentary rocks

• Igneous rocks

Fossils are formed from harden tree sap called

• Amber

• Clay

• Plank

What do paleontologists specialize in?

• Studying ancient life through fossil remains

• Studying the evidence for the formation of the solar system

• Studying the histories of past cultures such as the Egyptian and Roman Civilizations