Fossils Crossword

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Across
  1. 3. Preserved remains or traces of animals, plants and other organisms.
  2. 5. by using relative and absolute dating scientists are able to put together the Earth's geologic history.
  3. 8. the process by which all substances of plants and animals decay.
  4. 9. An animal's footprint, feces, trail, or burrow becomes fossilized.
  5. 10. resin excreted from certain plants which protect them for insects and seals injuries.
  6. 11. An animal can get trapped and preserved in it.
Down
  1. 1. Indicate to geologists the boundaries in geological time.
  2. 2. People that study fossils.
  3. 4. small pieces of rock.
  4. 6. a living thing pressed into a rock, decomposes,then leaves an impression.
  5. 7. History of life documented by fossils and tells us when organisms lived
  6. 8. The fossil formed from the mold.