Study sets matching "fossils"
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fossil
absolute age
relative age
flora
Preserved remains or traces of living things.
The numeric age of a layer of rocks or fossils. It can be dete…
Describes the age of an object or event compared to another ob…
All plant life in a particular region or period.
fossil
Preserved remains or traces of living things.
absolute age
The numeric age of a layer of rocks or fossils. It can be dete…
fossil
trace fossil
era
extinct
A preserved clue to life on Earth long ago.
a fossil that shows changes that long-dead animals made in the…
A major section of time. Each era lasted millions of years.
no longer living. When the last member of a species has died,…
fossil
A preserved clue to life on Earth long ago.
trace fossil
a fossil that shows changes that long-dead animals made in the…
preserved fossil
extinct
prehistoric
impression fossil
A fossil that is unaltered and the original organism stays int…
A species having no living members.
Relating to the period before written records.
A fossil that is made by organisms that are left in sediments.…
preserved fossil
A fossil that is unaltered and the original organism stays int…
extinct
A species having no living members.
Bryozoan
Moss Animals
Brachiopod
Lamp Fish
I look like a twig or a bit of coral, but I am not coral. I li…
Bryozoan's Modern Day Relative
I look like the shells you see today, but I am not related to…
Brachiopod's Modern Day Relative
Bryozoan
I look like a twig or a bit of coral, but I am not coral. I li…
Moss Animals
Bryozoan's Modern Day Relative
Fossils
Petrification
Permineralization
Replacement
The remains or physical evidence of an organism preserved by g…
A process in which minerals replace an organism's tissues.
A process in which the pore space in an organism's hard tissue…
A process in which organism's tissues are completely replaced…
Fossils
The remains or physical evidence of an organism preserved by g…
Petrification
A process in which minerals replace an organism's tissues.
organisim
excavation site
sedimentary rock
paleontology
a living plant or animal
a place where scientists search for ancient remains
rock created when weathering and erosion deposits sediment int…
the science that deals with fossils and other ancient life for…
organisim
a living plant or animal
excavation site
a place where scientists search for ancient remains
fossils
preserved fossils
mold fossils
cast fossil
preserved remains of an organism from the Earth's past
fossils that formed when minerals seeped into the pores of dec…
fossils formed when acids dissolve a bone, tooth, or shell and…
fossils formed when sand or other minerals fill a cavity-shape…
fossils
preserved remains of an organism from the Earth's past
preserved fossils
fossils that formed when minerals seeped into the pores of dec…
Fossil
Sedimentary Rock
Buried Quickly
Mold Fossil
a trace or remain of something from long ago
Rock that forms as loose materials get compacted and cemented…
For an organism to fossilize, it must be ____ ____ after it di…
An empty shape left by decayed organism in a sedimentary rock.
Fossil
a trace or remain of something from long ago
Sedimentary Rock
Rock that forms as loose materials get compacted and cemented…
Fossil
Paleontologist
Petrified
Mold
The imprint or remains of something that lived long ago
A scientist who studies fossils to learn about organisms that…
To change into stone
An empty space in a rock that once contained an object, such a…
Fossil
The imprint or remains of something that lived long ago
Paleontologist
A scientist who studies fossils to learn about organisms that…
Fossil
Paleontologist
Petrification
Mold
Any remains or trace of a formerly living organism preserved b…
A scientist who studies fossils to learn about organisms that…
The process by which organic material is turned into stone.
A type of fossil formed when a shell or other hard part of an…
Fossil
Any remains or trace of a formerly living organism preserved b…
Paleontologist
A scientist who studies fossils to learn about organisms that…
Cast
True Form
Trace
Paleontologist
Formed when a mold is filled in
True Form fossils are formed when the animals soft tissues or…
A type of fossil that provides evidence of the activities of a…
A scientist who studies fossils
Cast
Formed when a mold is filled in
True Form
True Form fossils are formed when the animals soft tissues or…
trace fossils
mold
cast
amber
animal tracks left in mud that hardens to rock (like a footpri…
the shape or outline of a cast fossil
type of fossil that forms when mud or minerals later fill a mo…
dried material hardened from the sticky substance found in tre…
trace fossils
animal tracks left in mud that hardens to rock (like a footpri…
mold
the shape or outline of a cast fossil
fossil
sediment
Sedimentary rock
imprint
the preserved parts or traces of animals and plants that lived…
small pieces of rock
Rock layers of compressed organic and inorganic sediments
a mark or depression made by pressure
fossil
the preserved parts or traces of animals and plants that lived…
sediment
small pieces of rock
Fossil
Mold
Cast
Amber
The trace or remains of something that lived long ago-you may…
The empty spaces left behind by an organism.
A fossil that forms when sediments fill in a mold and then har…
a type of tree sap that will preserve an organism and contain…
Fossil
The trace or remains of something that lived long ago-you may…
Mold
The empty spaces left behind by an organism.
Fossils
Replacement preservation
Petrified remains
Carbonization
Remains or traces of once living organisms
An organism's hard parts are dissolved and replaced by other m…
Hard, rock-like parts replaced by mineral (calcium)
Occurs when only the carbon remains in a specimen. Other miner…
Fossils
Remains or traces of once living organisms
Replacement preservation
An organism's hard parts are dissolved and replaced by other m…
fossil
body fossils
trace fossils
shells, teeth, and bones
the trace or remains of an organism that lived long ago
fossils made from parts of an organism's body
signs, such as footprints, that an organism was alive
hard parts of an organism that are preserved more often than s…
fossil
the trace or remains of an organism that lived long ago
body fossils
fossils made from parts of an organism's body
trace or imprint
mold
cast
amber
animal tracks left in mud that hardens to rock (like a footpri…
the shape of a once-living thing left in a rock (opposite of a…
type of fossil that forms when mud or minerals later fill a mo…
dried material hardened from the sticky substance found in tre…
trace or imprint
animal tracks left in mud that hardens to rock (like a footpri…
mold
the shape of a once-living thing left in a rock (opposite of a…
Fossil
Petrification
Mold Fossil
Cast Fossil
Any remains or trace of a living organism from long ago preser…
The process by which organic material is turned into stone whe…
A type of fossil formed when a shell or other hard part of an…
A fossil that is formed when minerals fill a mold fossil and m…
Fossil
Any remains or trace of a living organism from long ago preser…
Petrification
The process by which organic material is turned into stone whe…
Fossil
Paleontologist
Petrification
Mold
Any remains or trace of a formerly living organism preserved b…
A scientist who studies fossils to learn about organisms that…
The process by which organic material is turned into stone.
A type of fossil formed when a shell or other hard part of an…
Fossil
Any remains or trace of a formerly living organism preserved b…
Paleontologist
A scientist who studies fossils to learn about organisms that…
amber
cast
fossil
fossil fuel
A hard yellowish to brownish translucent fossil resin
A fossil formed or shaped within a mold
A preserved remnant or impression of an organism that lived in…
Energy from ancient plants and animals
amber
A hard yellowish to brownish translucent fossil resin
cast
A fossil formed or shaped within a mold
Paleontologist
Organism
Remains
Preserve
A scientist who studies the forms of life that existed in form…
An individual animal or plant
The part left over after other parts have been removed, used ,…
To maintain something in its original or existing state
Paleontologist
A scientist who studies the forms of life that existed in form…
Organism
An individual animal or plant