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fossil vocabulary
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| fossil | a trace of an anicient organism that has been preserved in rock . |
| carbon film | a type of fossil consisting of an extremely thin coating of carbon on rock . |
| trace fossil | a type of fossil that provides evidence of the activities of ancient organisms. |
| paleontologist | a scientist who studies fossil to learn about organsims that lived long ago . |
| evolution | the process by which all the different kinds of living things have changed over time . |
| exitinct | a volcano that no longer active and is unlikely to urupt agin . |
| petrified fossil | a fossil in which minerals replace all or part of an organism. |