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Any remains or trace of a formerly living organism preserved by a natural process.
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Fossil
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A scientist who studies fossils to learn about organisms that lived long ago
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Paleontologist
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Any remains or trace of a formerly living organism preserved by a natural process.
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A scientist who studies fossils to learn about organisms that lived long ago
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The process by which organic material is turned into stone.
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A type of fossil formed when a shell or other hard part of an organism dissolves, leaving an empty space in the shape of the part.
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A fossil that is formed when an animal, plant, or other organism dies, its flesh decays and bones deteriorate; minerals gradually enter into the cavity.
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When an organism soft body parts are preserved in tar, amber, or ice.
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Any indirect evidence of life preserved as an impression in rock; trails, footprints, tracks, burrows, and bite marks.
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A term that typically describes a species that no longer has any known living individuals.
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Small animals, mostly insects, get stuck in tree resin. Resin is a sticky substance the comes from a tree. The resin hardens and becomes a fossil.
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The soft parts of a once living thing is replaced by minerals.
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-They lived together if found in the same rock
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What does it mean if two fossils are found in the same layer of rock?
remove earth carefully and systematically from (an area) in order to find buried remains.
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belonging to the very distant past and no longer in existence.
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Igneous Rock
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Sedimentary Rock
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Metamorphic Rock
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mixture of molten rock inside of the Earth
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mixture of molten rock on Earth's surface
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Process of breaking down rock
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Process of sediment moving from one place to another
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Process of sediment being laid down (deposited)
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Process of magma rising to Earth's surface and cooling
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Process of changing from a solid to a liquid
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The continuous cycle of how rocks change into different rock forms.
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Sedimentary rock with large pieces of rock and minerals.
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Sedimentary rock with small pieces of rocks and minerals.
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The building blocks of rocks - a solid, inorganic substance that occurs in nature (not man-made). Has a definite chemical composition and atom structure.
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The color of a mineral in its powdered form.
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The way light reflects off a mineral.
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The ability to scratch an object or be scratched by an object
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A property where minerals break into pieces that have smooth, flat surfaces.
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A property where minerals break into pieces that have uneven or curved surfaces.
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A scale used to rank a mineral from 1 to 10.
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An expert in the field of geology, the study of what the Earth is made of and how it was formed.
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A mineral that can be cut and polished for use in jewelry.
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A round rock that contains a hollow cavity lined with crystals on the inside.
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The process by which atoms form a solid and arrange themselves in an orderly, repeating pattern (6 main types)
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A piece of white, hard plate (porcelain or ceramic) used to test a mineral's streak.
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A solid in which the atoms are arranged in a certain pattern that repeats over and over again
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A characteristic in some minerals that is very unique; for example, fluorite is green, sulfur is yellow - not always reliable because the same mineral can come in different colors.
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The hardest mineral. Scores number 10 on Moh's hardness scale.
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One of the softest minerals. Scores number 1 on Moh's Hardness Scale.
