What Happened Before

preserved remains of animal

• mummy
• skeleton
• fossil
• artifact

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS4-1

a trace fossil that leaves evidence of an organism

• Trace fossil
• Fossil

• Petrified fossil
• Imprint

flat teeth that grind plant material

• herbivore

• canines
• incisors
• carnivore

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS4-2

sharp teeth to tear meat

• herbivore
• omnivore
• carnivore
• vegetarian

plants that grew in swamp like environments

• desert plants
• hydrophytes

• ferns

• mountain plants

type of animal that lived in very cold environments

• Tropical animals
• Polar animals
• Mammoth

• Savannah animals

represents an event that is too large to help us understand the concept

• Macro event
• Giga event
• Model

• Super event

a scientist that studies ancient remains of organisms from a long time ago

• geologist
• archaeologist
• zoologist
• paleontologist