Across
- 5. to find something new or unexpected
- 7. what happens when a living thing dies
- 8. this is caused by layers of rocking pressing down
- 9. to dig up or unearth something
- 10. to look closely and learn about
- 12. a hint that helps you solve a mystery
Down
- 1. that hard parts of a creature that don't decay fast
- 2. a place where paleontologists look for fossils
- 3. the petrified remains of ancient living things
- 4. turned to stone
- 6. a place where scientists use microscopes
- 8. a scientist who studies fossils
- 11. an extinct reptile that used to roam the Earth