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Fossil Vocab Cards
Term | Definition |
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amber | hardened tree sap, often a source of insect fossils |
cast fossil | a fossil formed or shaped inside a mold; a copy |
extinct | died out, leaving no more of that type of organism alive |
fossil | the preserved remains of something that lived long ago |
mold fossil | an empty space in a rock that once contained an object such as a dead organism |
paleontologist | a scientist that studies fossils and organisms that lived long ago |
decay | to rot, decompose or perish |
organism | a living thing |
trace fossil | a shallow mark or print in a rock |
true/body fossil | when a plant or animal gets trapped inside ice, amber, or tar. The entire organism is preserved and remains intact. |