Fossils Vocabulary

Any living thing is called an ____________.

• extinct
• mold
• organism
• cast

A scientist who studies fossils is called a ________________.

• paleontoligist
• geologist
• astronomer
• scientist

Hardened tree sap is called _____________.

• mold
• amber
• cast
• fossil

When a plant or animal no longer exists, it is ____________________.

• fossil
• imprint
• extinct
• cast

A shallow print or mark in solid rock is an ____________________.

• cast
• mold
• fossil
• imprint

A fossil made inside a mold when minerals seep in is a _____________.

• cast
• imprint
• fossil
• mold

An imprint or remains of something that lived long ago is a ________________.

• fossil
• cast
• organism 
• mold

Empty space in a rock where something once was is a _________.

• imprint
• mold
• organism
• amber