Across
- 6. The world around a plant or animal where it lives and grows.
- 8. A large reptile that lived millions of years ago and is now extinct.
- 9. Natural, nonliving materials in rocks that can replace bones and shells in fossils.
- 11. A sign or mark, like a footprint or burrow, that shows an animal was there.
- 15. A mark or print left in rock, like a leaf or skin pattern.
- 16. A reptile from long ago whose bones can become fossils in rock.
- 18. A spiral-shelled sea animal whose fossils are very common in rocks.
- 19. To break down or rot after a plant or animal dies.
Down
- 1. What is the process of solidifying an organism with the Earth?
- 2. A living thing that grows in soil and uses sunlight to make its own food.
- 3. What is condensed matter in a body of water called?
- 4. To slowly rot or break down over time.
- 5. A scientist who studies rocks and Earth’s history, including fossils.
- 7. A mark left in the ground by an animal’s or person’s foot.
- 10. Who is an individual who studies fossils?
- 12. What is storing information called?
- 13. A living thing that can move and cannot make its own food.
- 14. What is ancient organisms in rock called?
- 17. What substance from trees solidified bugs in ancient times?
- 20. Clues or facts that help prove something is true.