Unit 5 Fossils

a change in an organism, over. time, that better enables it to survive and multiply

• adaptations

• index fossil

• paleontologist

• body fossil

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS4-4

a part of the actual animal or plant, or even its whole like bones, teeth, shells, and leaves are considered a...

• adaptations

• paleontologist

• body fossil

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS4-1

a scientist who studies the history of life through its fossil remains

• body fossil

• paleontologist

• adaptations

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS4-1

NGSS.MS-LS4-2

a period in which a large number of species became extinct

• prehistoric

• mass extinction

• mold

• fossil

a fossil of a type of organism that lived in many places during a relatively short time span

• index fossil

• fossil

• prehistoric

• trace fossil

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS4-1

the remains or aces of a plant or animal that lived long ago

• mass extinction

• trace fossil

• prehistoric

• fossil

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS4-1

existing in a time prior to written history

• trace fossil

• prehistoric

• mold

• fossil

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-4

a model of an organism, formed when sediment fills a mold and hardens

• mass extinction

• index fossil

• cast

• fossil

an impression of an organism formed when sediment hardens around the organism

• mold

• prehistoric

• trace fossil

• cast

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS4-1

includes things like footprints and burrows that trace the movements or activity of an organism

• cast

• fossil

• index fossil

• trace fossil