Geology Crossword Puzzle

the naturally preserved remains or traces of animals or plants that lived in the past.
species of animal or plant that is extinct no longer has any living members, either in the world or in a particular place.
refers to the geological history that we have created with the information derived from fossils.
a fossil of a footprint, trail, burrow, or other trace of an animal rather than of the animal itself.
formed from the remains of dead animals and plants (teeth, bones, shells, or woody trunks).
(of rock) that has formed from sediment deposited by water or air.
fossilized tree resin once sticky and yellowish in color.
the process by which organic material becomes a fossil through the replacement of the original material and the filling of the original pore spaces with minerals.
the process where only the residual carbon of the organism remains.
fossil preserves the impression of the hard parts of an organism, such as a shell or exoskeleton.
a science branch dealing with the life of past geological periods as known from fossil remains.
the diversification of a group of organisms into forms filling different ecological niches.