This week we are learning about fossils! We are reading five articles and answering the questions that go with them. When all the articles are completed and the final assessment is finished the articles get to go home so that the whole family can learn all about fossils!
Want to get a leg up on the Fossil Vocabulary Words?! Well here's the list! We'll be reading all about these soon!
- extinct - no longer found alive
- fossil - the preserved remains of plants or animals that lived long ago
- organisms - living things such as plants and animals
- paleontologist - a scientist who studies fossils and organisms that lived long ago
- imprint - a mark on a surface such as mud or rock
- decay - to rot or decompose
- sedimentary rock - rock formed by sediment deposits; usually forms in layers
- preserved - in its original condition
- amber - a hard orange-yellow substance formed from tree sap
- climate - weather conditions in an area over a long period of time
- ferns - flowerless plants found in tropical regions
- carnivore - an animal that eats other animals
- herbivore - an animal that eats plants
- ecosystem - all of the living and nonliving things that interact in an area
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