Earth and Space
Across
- 2. Period which ends in the disappearance of dinosaurs
- 4. Period which ends with the disappearance of 70% of marine species
- 8. A layer made up of sedimentary rock
- 11. When an organisms tissues are replaced by minerals to form a rock-like material
- 12. When a species cannot adapt to changes in their environment, so they die.
- 14. A natural, solid substance
- 17. Type of rock formed by the deposition of material at the Earth's surface and in bodies of water
Down
- 1. Someone who studies fossils
- 3. Source of energy that comes from space
- 5. Period which ends with the disappearance of about 50% of animal species
- 6. Period which ends with the disappearance of 96% of marine species and 75% of land species
- 7. Lightning
- 9. When a species changes to survive their surroundings
- 10. When sediment comes off of land or a mountain
- 13. paleozoic and mesozoic are both this thing
- 15. Period in the mesozoic era which ends in the disappearance of 50% fish, sponge, and corals
- 16. Any remains or trace of an organism that has been preserved for a very long time in rock, usually sedimentary