Fossils Vocabulary Review

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remains or traces of organisms from the past

Rock that forms when sediments are compacted and cemented together

a fossil in which minerals replace all or part of an organism

a scientist who studies fossils

a solid copy of the shape of an organism

earth material that is deposited erosion (soil)

when wind, water, ice, or gravity transports soil from one location to another.

a hollow area in sediment in the shape of an organism or part of an organism