Fossil Mania!

Name: ______________________   Date: ____________

Use the clues to fill in the crossword.

Across

  1. 1. A substance that can be consumed to produce energy (4)
  2. 4. Produced by the action of water (11)
  3. 5. Solid homogeneous inorganic substances occurring in nature having a definite chemical composition (plural) (8)
  4. 6. A deep yellow color (5)
  5. 8. A distinctive influence (7)
  6. 10. Rigid connective tissue that makes up the skeleton of vertebrates (plural) (5)

Down

  1. 1. The remains of a plant or animal that existed in a past geological age and that has been excavated (6)
  2. 2. Any of numerous extinct terrestrial reptiles of the Mesozoic era (8)
  3. 3. Fossil fuel consisting of carbonized vegetable matter deposited in the Carboniferous period (4)
  4. 7. No longer in existence (7)
  5. 9. The distinctive form in which a thing is made (4)