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Fossil Vocabulary

Total questions: 13

Worksheet time: 7mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

____________ : preserved remains or evidence of living things from long ago. (at least 10,000 years old)

a)

Amber

b)

Fossil

c)

Minerals

2.

____________ : a solid substance found in the ground

a)

Amber

b)

Fossil

c)

Minerals

3.

____________ : hardened tree sap where insects sometimes become fossilized

a)

Amber

b)

Fossil

c)

Minerals

4.

____________ : the preserved remains of animal or plant body parts.

a)

body fossil

b)

trace fossil

c)

paleontologist

5.

____________ : a scientist who studies fossils

a)

body fossil

b)

trace fossil

c)

paleontologist

6.

____________ : the preserved remains of the activity of plants or animals.

a)

body fossil

b)

trace fossil

c)

paleontologist

7.

____________ : to break down and rot

a)

analyze

b)

decompose

c)

extinct

8.

____________ : to look for clues

a)

analyze

b)

decompose

c)

extinct

9.

____________ : no longer living

a)

analyze

b)

decompose

c)

extinct

10.

____________ : the process by which the earth is worn down by weather

a)

tree sap

b)

fossilization

c)

weathering

d)

resin

11.

____________ :a product of trees that is sticky

a)

tree sap

b)

fossilization

c)

weathering

d)

resin

12.

____________ :a sticky organic substance

a)

tree sap

b)

fossilization

c)

weathering

d)

resin

13.

____________ :the process by which something becomes a fossil.

a)

tree sap

b)

fossilization

c)

weathering

d)

resin