| Question |
Answer |
| Climate |
Weather of an area. A desert is a dry climate. |
| Dinosaur |
A group of large, extinct reptiles like animals. |
| Environment |
All of the conditions and surroundings. The fern grew in a warm. |
| Extinct |
No longer living. Such as dinosaurs. |
| Extinction |
The process of dying out. |
| Fossil |
The hardened remains of a plant or animal from long ago. |
| Impression |
An imprint. Their foot made an ____ in the wet soil. |
| Infer |
To make a conclusion from what is known. we can ______ that dinosaurs existed because of fossils. |
| Mineral |
A naturally occurring, inorganic, crystalline substance that is made up of elements. Rocks are composed of these also. |
| Organism |
Any living thing. |
| Paleontologist |
A person who studies fossil remains. |
| Prehistoric |
Before recorded history. |
| Preserved |
Kept from rotting. |
| Replacement |
To take the place of. Minerals take the place of the bird's feathers in the fossil. |
| Sedimentary |
Rock formed from material that settles. |
| Trilobite |
A fossilized sea animal. |
| Tropical |
A warm, moist region. They went to a tropical island near the equator. |
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