Name _____________________________________ Date _________ Period ___________
Vocabulary Fossils
State Standards D.1.1.4
_____1. Fossil
A. Type of fossil consisting of a thin coating of carbon on rock
_____2. Mold
B. A scientist that studies fossils
_____3. Cast
C. The age of rocks compared to the ages of other rocks
_____4. Petrified Fossil
D. A break or crack in the earth along which rocks move
_____5. Carbon Film
E. A fossil that is a copy of the organisms shape, formed when it filled in the mold
_____6. Paleontologist
F. The principle that states that older rocks are on the bottom and younger rocks are on the top
_____7. Extict
G. Fossils of widely distributed organisms that lived during a very short time period
_____8. Relative Age
H. A fossil in which minerals replace all or part of an organism
_____9. Absolute Age
I. The age of rock given as a number of years since the rock formed
_____10. Law of Superposition
J. A type of organism that no longer exists anywhere on the Earth
_____11. Fault
K. A fossil formed when an organism buried in sediment dissolved and left a hollow area
_____12. Unconformity
L. A record of the geologic events and life forms in Earth’s history
_____13. Index Fossil
M. A trace of an ancient organism that has been preserved in rock
_____14. Geologic Time Scale
N. A place where old, eroded rock surface is in contact with new rock
Name _____________________________________ Date _________ Period ___________
Vocabulary Practice—Fossils
Fossil
Paleontologist
Law of Superposition
State Standards D.1.1.4
Mold
Cast
Extinct
Relative Age
Unconformity
Petrified Fossil
Absolute Age
Index Fossil
Carbon Film
Fault
Geologic Time Scale
1. This type of fossil consisting of a thin coating of carbon on rock is called a ______________________
2. A place where old, eroded rock surface is in contact with new rock is called an _____________________.
3. The ____________ ___________is when you compare age of rocks to the ages of other rocks surrounding it.
4. A __________________ is a break or crack in the earth along which rocks move.
5. A ________________ is a trace of an ancient organism that has been preserved in rock.
6. A ______________ is a fossil that is a copy of the organisms shape which formed when it filled in the mold
7. A fossil formed when an organism buried in sediment dissolved and left a hollow area is called a
_____________.
8. An _________________ organism is an organism that no longer exists anywhere on the Earth.
9. Fossils of widely distributed organisms that lived during a very short time period are called ___________
___________.
10. A_____________ __________ is a fossil in which minerals replace all or part of an organism
11. The _____________________________ is a record of the geologic events and life forms in Earth’s history
12. The _____________________________ is the principle that states that older rocks are on the bottom and
younger rocks are on the top.
13. _______________________________ is when the age of rock given as a number of years since the rock
formed.
14. A scientist who studies fossils are ____________________________________.