Fossil Vocabulary Crossword Puzzle

QUESTIONS LIST:

• body fossils: parts of the body of plants and animals that have become fossils.
• fuel: a material that is burned for energy.
• carbon dating: a method used by scientists to determine the age of fossils and other objects by measuring the amount of carbon-14 they contain.
• fossil record: the collection of all known fossils that provide evidence of past life on earth.
• fossils: the preserved remains of once living things (plants, animals)
• trace fossils: fossils that record the movement of animals.
• organisms: living things such as plants, animals
• sedimentary: a term used to describe a species to no longer exists.
• petrify: to turn to stony or a stony substance
• fossil fuel: a fuel that forms the remains of ancient animals and plants.
• paleontologist: someone who studies fossils and other things that lived long ago.
• preserve: to keep a fossil safe.
• extinct: when one kind of organism has died out everywhere on earth.
• decay: when an organism dies, slowly rotting, and then no longer exists.
• mold: an empty space in rock where something once was.
• imprint: a mark left in the rock or other materials by a living thing (plants or animals).
• cast: a copy of a mold's shape made of hardened minerals.