Fossil Vocabulary
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| All of the fossils that have existed throughout life’s history, whether they have been found or not. | Fossil Record
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| are scientists who use fossils to study life in the past. | Paleontologists
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| body parts of organisms that become fossils, such as bones, teeth, skin, leaves, and tree trunks. | Body Fossil
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| evidence left by organisms such as burrows, imprints, coprolites or footprints. | Trace Fossil
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| an organism that feeds upon dead and dying organisms. | Scavenger
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| an organism that breaks down the tissue and/or structures of dead organisms. | Decomposer
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| non-living factors such as erosion, wind and sun exposure. | Abiotic/Physical Factors
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| are imprints left from something that was buried | Molds
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| are formed when sediment leaks into a mold and hardens to form a copy of the original structure | Casts
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| occurs when minerals carried in water build up in the spaces of an organism an eventually become rock. | Mineralization
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| are the imprints left behind in the sediments by an organism. | Impressions
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| are found in the ocean and are very common in the fossil record. | Forams
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| living at the bottom of the ocean or on the ocean floor. | Benthic
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| living factors such as decomposers, scavengers and predators. | Biological/Biotic Factors
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| fossils formed when an organism is flattened, leaving a dark stain in the rock. | Compression
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| fossilized feces. | Coprolite
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| weathering or wearing away of rock and earth caused by the wind, sun, and/or water. | Erosion
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| water found underground as a result of rainfall, ice and snow melt, submerged rivers, lakes and springs. | Groundwater
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| the study of trace fossils. | Ichnology
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| type of rock produced when molten magma cools and solidifies. | Igneous rock
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| not containing carbon. Not from living things. Ex- mineral. | Inorganic
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| the coastal zone between the low and high tide mark where waves impact the land. | Intertidal
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| rock produced when any type of rock is changed by heat, pressure, and chemical activity in the Earth. | Metamorphic Rock
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| the concept that explains the movement of the Earth’s crustal plates, sea floor spreading, and a number of other geologic processes of the Earth’s surface. | Plate tectonics
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| the process through which one type of rock is converted into another. | Rock Cycle
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| rock that is formed when layers of small particles are compressed and cemented together. | Sedimentary Rock
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| evidence left by organisms, such as burrows, imprint, coprolites, or footprints. | Trace Fossil
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| the process that caused part of the Earth’s crust to rise above surrounding areas. This can cause layers of rock to become exposed at the surface. | Uplift
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