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Vocabulary_
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Carbon Film | A type of fossil consisting of 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. |
| Evolution | The process by which all the different kinds of living things have changed over time. |
| Extinct | A type of organism that no longer exists anywhere on Earth. |
| Fossil | A trace of an ancient organism that has been perserved in rock. |
| Mold | A fossil formed when an organism buried in sediment dissolves, leaving a hollow area. |
| Paleontologist | A scientist who studies fossils to learn about organisms that lived long ago. |
| Petrified Fossil | A fossil in which minerals replace all or part of an organism. |
| Scientific Theory | A well-tested concept that explains a wide range of obeservations. |
| Sedimentary Rock | A type of rock that forms when particles from another rocks or remains of plants and animals are pressed and cemented together. |
| Superposition | the order in which sedimentary strata are superposed one above another. |
| Trace Fossil | A type of fossil that provides evidence of the activities of ancient organisms. |