Week 7/9 Vocab.- Fossils

Fossil that shows the impression of the organism in a rock.

• Mold Fossil

• Cast Fossil

• Trace Fossil

• True Form Fossil

A mold Fossil that has been filled in with sediment and turned into rock.

• Mold Fossil

• Cast Fossil

• Trace Fossil

• True Form Fossil

The process that results in changes in the genetic material of a population over time.

• Preserve

• Petrification

• Evolution

• Extinct

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS4-1

NGSS.MS-LS4-2

NGSS.MS-LS4-4

Any difference between the individuals in a species or groups of organisms of any species.

• Relative Age

• Evolution

• Decay

• Variations

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS4-2

NGSS.MS-LS4-4

Preserved remains or traces of an organism from the remote past.

• Fossil

• Preserve

• Mold Fossil

• Petrification

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS4-1

Having no living members.

• Decay

• Extinct

• Paleontologist

• Evolution

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS4-1

Indirect evidence of an organism's activity in their life in the past (footprints).

• Cast Fossil

• Sedimentary Rock

• Trace Fossil

• True Form Fossil

Preservation of an organism in its original form.

• Mold Fossil

• Cast Fossil

• Trace Fossil

• True Form Fossil

A person who studies fossils.

• Paleontologist

• Petrification

• Variations

• Absolute Age

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS4-1

NGSS.MS-LS4-2

Process by which organic material converts into stone or a similar substance.

• Preserve

• Petrification

• Decay

• Extinct