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| any part or trace of a living organism that is naturally preserved after it dies |
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| forms from something that an organism left behind, such as a footprint, rather than from the organism itself |
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| the imprint of an organism that has been pressed into a rock |
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| formed when sediment fills in the empty space in a mold and makes a copy of the shape of an organism |
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| a dark image made from plants pressed in rock |
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| forms when bone or wood is replaced by minerals that harden into rock |
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| the scientific study of fossils |
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| people who believe that life on earth developed gradually |
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| occurs when the last of a certain plant or animal dies |
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| the process of removing a fossil from the rock around it |
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| What should a paleontologist due before he removes a fossil? |
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