Download Fossil words and Defs Cut and Paste[1] - KC

Questions for
How Fossils are Made
Cut out the following words and definitions and match them.
Then play the memory game with them.
amber
aquatic
frozen
mold
petrified
ammonites
limestone
permineralization
sedimentary
sandstone
decayed
trace
mummified
paleontology paleontologist
shale
Sedimentary formed
from sand deposits
The kind of rock you
are most likely to
find fossils in.
Process of changing the
hard parts of the
remains of animals or
plants with minerals.
Sedimentary rock
formed from
deposits of shells.
permineralized piece
of wood
kind of fossil where an
animal/plant leaves only
its body impression.
preserved in ice or
snow
kind of animal most
likely to be
preserved.
sedimentary rock
formed from clay
deposits
someone who studies
ancient life
the science of
studying ancient life
preserved in hot,
dry conditions
fossils such as
footprints, burrows,
and droppings
not preserved