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Fossils
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5th Grade
10/14/2011

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petrified fossil
Definition
forms when bone or wood is replaced by minerals that harden into rock
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mold
Definition
the imprint of an organism that has been pressed into a rock
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cast
Definition
forms when sediment fills in an imprint and makes a copy of the shape of an organism
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carbon fossil
Definition
a dark image made from plants pressed into a rock
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trace fossil
Definition
forms from something that an organism left
behind, such as a footprint
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fossil
Definition
any part or trace of a living organism that is naturally preserved after
it dies.
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evolutionists
Definition
People who believe that life on earth developed gradually over millions of years
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creationists
Definition
People who believe that God made the earth and all forms of life in six days
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paleontology
Definition
The scientific study of fossils
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excavation
Definition
Removing a fossil from the rock around it
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