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WorksheetsFossils Vocabulary Quiz
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 5mins
Which word means "to shape a substance by pouring in liquid or very soft form into a mold and letting it harden without pressure"?
cast
extinct
mold
trace
Which word means "no longer existing"?
extinct
mold
trace
excavation
Which word means "the frame on, around or in which something is constructed or shaped"?
mold
trace
excavation
petrify
Which word means "a surviving mark, sign or evidence of something that once lived"?
trace
excavation
petrify
fossil
Which word means "to dig or scoop out"?
excavation
petrify
fossil
sediment
Which word means "to change into a hardened or stony substance"?
petrify
fossil
sediment
preserve
Which word means "a trace or print or the remains of a plant or animal of a past age preserved in earth or rock"?
fossil
sediment
preserve
paleontologist
Which word means "dirt or minerals that are deposited by water, air or ice"?
sediment
preserve
paleontologist
cast
Which word means "to keep or make lasting"?
preserve
paleontologist
cast
extinct
Which word means "a scientist that studies fossils"?
paleontologist
cast
extinct
mold
