Fossil Vocabulary Quiz

a fossil made when minerals fill a space and harden

• cast

• decay

• imprint

• mold

break down

• extinct

• decay

• fossil

• organism

A type of animal or plant that once lived on Earth, but no longer exists on Earth.

• decay

• fossil

• extinct

• mineral

The remains of a plant or an animal that died a long time ago and has become part of a rock.

• fossil

• mineral

• decay

• organism

Mark or stamp with or as if with pressure.

• mold

• cast

• fossil

• imprint

A nonliving, solid material that was formed in nature

• fossil

• mineral

• organism

• model

smaller objects that are built to represent larger objects

• fossil

• organism

• mold

• model

a hollow space in the shape of an organism, cakepan

• cast

• model

• imprint

• mold

a living body, plant or animal

• fossil

• mineral

• organism

• paleontologist

a scientist who explores the past by studying fossils

• geologist

• paleontologist

• surgeon

• astrologist