Transcript Fossils Tell of Long Ago Vocabulary

Open Court Vocabulary
for
“Fossils Tell of Long Ago”
Genre: Expository Test
amber
( a yellowish sap from plants that hardens and becomes a fossil )
The fossil of amber had an ant
preserved in it.
fossils
( a plant, animal, or imprint that has turned to stone )
The boys found a rock with fossils
in it.
extinct
( not alive today; all members of the group or species have
died out )
These birds are all extinct.
peat
( swampy forest soil )
Peat, or swampy forest soil contains
may treasures for scientist.
mammoth
( a kind of elephant the lived millions of
years ago )
The wooly mammoths trudged
across the tundra long ago.
minerals
( nonliving substance in the ground )
These are rocks and minerals found in
Kansas.
ancient
( very old )
The archaeopteryx is an ancient
bird.
amber
( a yellowish sap from plants that hardens and becomes a fossil )
fossils
( a plant, animal, or imprint that has turned to stone )
extinct
( not alive today; all members of the group or species have
died out )
peat
( swampy forest soil )
mammoth
( a kind of elephant the lived millions of
years ago )
minerals
( nonliving substance in the ground )
ancient
( very old )