Fossil Vocabulary

A fossil imprint made by the outside of an organism

• True Form Fossil

• Mold Fossil

• Cast Fossil

• Trace Fossil

A scientist who studies fossils

• Pedologist

• Pathologist

• Fossilologist

• Paleontologist

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NGSS.MS-LS4-1

NGSS.MS-LS4-2

Rocks formed by layering of material in water/fossils are often found in this rock

• Metamorphic Rock

• Fossil Rock

• Igneous Rock

• Sedimentary Rock

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS4-1

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

Mold that was filled in and then turned into rock. It shows positive images of the organism.

• Mold Fossil

• Cast Fossil

• True Form Fossil

• Trace Fossil

The process by which the remains of ancient living things are turned into rock.

• Fossilization

• Decompose

• Stromatolites

• Preserved

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS4-1

A fossilized sign that a plant or animal once lived in an area

• Trace Fossil

• Cast Fossil

• True Form Fossil

• Mold Fossil

Kept from decaying

• decompose

• preserved

• fossilization

• stromatolites

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS4-1

Layered fossils-oldest know fossils

• fossilization

• preserved

• stromatolites

• decompose

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS4-1

The actual plant or animal; the whole organism has been preserved

• mold fossil

• cast fossil

• trace fossil

• true form fossil

Make or become rotten; decay

• decompose

• preserved

• fossilization

• stromatolites

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-3