Fossil Mania!

Name: ______________________   Date: ____________

Write the missing letters on the lines to finish each word.

1.
f s
The remains of a plant or animal that existed in a past geological age and that has been excavated
2.
p a l t
3.
a
A deep yellow color
4.
f
A substance that can be consumed to produce energy
5.
m
The distinctive form in which a thing is made
6.
c
7.
i m
A distinctive influence
8.
e i
No longer in existence
9.
d a
Any of numerous extinct terrestrial reptiles of the Mesozoic era
10.
w o l m
11.
c
Fossil fuel consisting of carbonized vegetable matter deposited in the Carboniferous period
12.
t t o
13.
b
Rigid connective tissue that makes up the skeleton of vertebrates (plural)
14.
s d i
Produced by the action of water
15.
m e
Solid homogeneous inorganic substances occurring in nature having a definite chemical composition (plural)