Across
- 4. A group of similar animals capable of breeding with each other
- 5. Period of time in the Paleozoic Era, ending in the first mass extinction
- 7. Force applied on an object
- 8. Expert on prehistoric life
- 9. Energy found coming from the sky in bolts
- 12. Process in which rock is removed from the earth's surface by wind or water
- 15. Large period of time. There are only three in earth's history
- 16. Period of time ending in the disappearance of 70% of marine species
- 17. Period whos mass extinction caused the disappearance of 96% or marine species and 75% of all land species
- 18. Petrified bones
- 19. Large decrease in the amount of life, 5 of these have occurred in earth's history
Down
- 1. All vertebrates have these
- 2. The mass extinction at the end of this period created the K/T boundary
- 3. A change made to an organism to suit a new environment
- 4. Type of rock fossils are most commonly found in
- 6. Essential for the emergence of life, destructive if you live in a certain city in italy
- 10. First period of the Mesozoic Era
- 11. Layer of rock with the came characteristics
- 13. Star that is a possible energy source in the emergence of life on earth
- 14. Conversion of organic material into stone