Across
- 3. a solid inorganic substance of natural occurrence
- 6. discharge of electricity
- 10. the process by which organic matter exposed to minerals over a long period is turned into a stony substance
- 11. one species disappear completely
- 12. this mass extinction is the disappearance of more than 50% of fish, sponges and corals
- 14. a specialist in paleontology
- 15. during this mass extinction 50% of animals species disparaged
- 17. any of the pieces of hard, whitish tissue making up the skeleton in humans and other vertebrates
- 18. is the mass extinction when 96% of marine species and 75% species disappeared
Down
- 1. remains or impression of a prehistoric organism preserved in petrified form or as a mold or cast in rock Sun the star around which the earth orbits
- 2. what makes the sedimentary rock? Pressure the continuous physical force exerted on or against an object by something in contact with it
- 4. the sudden occurrence of a violent discharge of steam and volcanic material
- 5. this mass extinction lost 70% of marine species
- 7. the action or process of adapting or being adapted
- 8. rock formed from consolidated clay sediments
- 9. a long and distinct period of history with a particular feature or characteristic
- 13. the process of eroding or being eroded by wind, water or other natural agents
- 16. during this mass extinction is the disappearance of the dinosaurs