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Earth Science
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Fossil Record | Information Paleontologists gathered about past life |
| Petrified | Turned to stone |
| Mold and Casts | Mold is an impression left in the sediment where a plant or animal was buried and Casts is an object that forms when sediment fills a mold and becomes rock |
| Carbon Film | Leaves an imprint of an organism |
| Trace | Evidence of past life |
| Trace Fossils | Signs, (such as footprints) that an organism was alive |
| Body Fossils | Parts of an organism's body |
| Index Fossils | Fossils of organisms that lived during a relatively short period of time |
| Preserved Remains | Remains of organisms in original state |
| Unconformaity | When "newer" rock touches "older" rock |