Types of fossils Worksheet

any of various hard natural resins usually found in the earth as exudate of trees long dead.
__________ is a process in which a fuel is heated without air to leave solid porous carbon.
a fossil of a footprint, trail, burrow, or other trace of an animal rather than of the animal itself.
Organisms buried in sediment may decay or dissolve away leaving a cavity or _______
If the space is subsequently filled with sediment, an external ____ can be made.
_______ is a process of fossilization in which mineral deposits form internal casts of organisms.
happens when water dissolves the original sold
the process by which organic matter exposed to minerals over a long period is turned into a stony substance.
A term used by paleontologists to refer to the total number of ____ that have been discovered, as well as to the information derived from them.
The _____________ is an axiom that forms one of the bases of the sciences of geology, archaeology.
____________ _____ are types of rock that are formed by the accumulation or deposition of small particles and subsequent cementation of mineral
organisms preserved in ___ , or organic matter such as amber or ___, from prehistoric past
include quick burial in moist sediment or other material that tends to prevent weathering and to exclude oxygen and bacteria
the remains or impression of a prehistoric organism preserved in petrified form or as a mold or cast in rock.