Fossils and Chemistry

4. Tells us about the habitat of an animal such as a burro tracks or foot prints
5. When minerals seep into a mold fossil and harden to form a copy of the original
8. The basic partical of all matter
11. When an element combines with itself to become more stable
14. 2 Or more elements join together that have no charge
15. When an organism decays and leaves a hollow form of itself
18. Study of fossils
20. Hardened tree sap that can contain ancient DNA

1. Portions of the body that remain but not the whole structure such as teeth claws and bones
2. The exact real plant or animal traped/preserved in amber ice or tar
3. The remains of plants and animals that lived long ago
6. Hot sticky substance that can trap things preserving them for a short amount of time before it melts from heat
7. an object trapped in layers of sediment pressed to make the film of carbon
9. Radio waves that create an image of internal body flesh
10. fossil A fossil that has all the water in it replaced by minerals and turned into stone
12. Computer assisted tomography
13. Atom with a charge
16. A spot where Archaeologists look in for fossils
17. Blueprint of life
19. A spesific number of protons netrons and electrons