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SCIENCE FOSSIL
Question | Answer |
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EXTINCT | DESCRIBES A TYPE OF ORGANISM THAT NO LONGER EXISTS ANYWHERE ON EARTH |
EVOLUTION | LIVING THINGS CHANGE OVER TIME |
SCIENTIFIC THEORY | EXPLAINS A WIDE RANGE OF OBSERVATIONS |
TRACE FOSSIL | TYPE OF FOSSIL THAT PROVIDES EVIDENCE OF THE ACTIVITIES OF ANCIENT ORGANISMS |
CARBON FILM | A TYPE OF FOSSIL CONSISTING OF AN EXTREMELY THIN COATING OF CARBON ON ROCK |
CAST | A FOSSIL THAT IS A COPY OF AN ORGANISM'S SHAPE FORMED WHEN MINERALS SEEP INTO A MOLD |
MOLD | A FOSSIL FORMED WHEN AN ORGANISM BURIED IN SEDIMENT DISSOLVES LEAVING A HALLOW AREA |
PETRIFIED FOSSIL | A FOSSIL IN WHICH MINERALS REPLACE ALL OR PARTS OF AN ORGANISM |
SEDIMENTARY | EARTHS MINERALS DEPOSITED BY EROSION |
PALEONTOLOGIST | A SCIENTIST WHO STUDIES FOSSILS TO LEARN ABOUT ORGANISMS THAT LIVED LONG AGO |
FOSSIL | THE PRESERVED REMAINS OF TRACES OF LIVING THINGS |