Earth/Space Crossword

the preserved remains of an organism, or traces of an organism such as a mark or print left by an animal
describes a species of animals that once lived on Earth but which no longer exists
the information about Earth's history that can be gathered from fossils
a word describing a rock or layer of rocks formed by the lithification of transported or precipitated particles
fossilized evidence of plant existence or animal movements such as footprints and burrows.
preserves all or part of an organism’s body, particularly the hard parts such as shells, bones, or teeth.
a fossil resin from tree sap, usually a translucent, yellow-brown color, which may contain insects or other organisms
fossilization process which occurs when once-living tissues are replaced by minerals, preserving the organism's structure
original material of an organism decays, leaving behind a coating of carbon that comes from the carbon in the organism’s body.
a type of fossil formed when sediment fills a mold of an organic object such as a fossil shell, creating a replica of that object made of sediment
the study of fossils and the fossil record
the evolutionary division of a group of organisms into diverse groups over a short period of geologic time