Open Court Vocabulary for Fossils Tell of Long Ago

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Open Court Vocabulary for

• Fossils Tell of Long Ago

Genre Expository Test
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amber
( a yellowish sap from plants that hardens and
becomes a fossil )

• The fossil of amber had an ant preserved in it.

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fossils
( a plant, animal, or imprint that has turned to
stone )

• The boys found a rock with fossils in it.

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extinct
( not alive today all members of the group or
species have died out )

• These birds are all extinct.

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peat
( swampy forest soil )

• Peat, or swampy forest soil contains may
  treasures for scientist.

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mammoth
( a kind of elephant the lived millions of years
ago )

• The wooly mammoths trudged across the tundra long
  ago.

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minerals
( nonliving substance in the ground )

• These are rocks and minerals found in Kansas.

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ancient
( very old )

• The archaeopteryx is an ancient bird.

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amber
( a yellowish sap from plants that hardens and
becomes a fossil )
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fossils
( a plant, animal, or imprint that has turned to
stone )
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extinct
( not alive today all members of the group or
species have died out )
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peat
( swampy forest soil )
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mammoth
( a kind of elephant the lived millions of years
ago )
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minerals
( nonliving substance in the ground )
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ancient
( very old )
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