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1:
Paleontology Crossword Puzzle
The
Paleontology Crossword Puzzle
Across:
4. Million
when talking about how long ago the dinosaurs lived, we use this
word to describe the numbers of years. It is part of the
abbreviation mya
6. Reptiles
the earliest mammals evolved from these.
7. Jurassic
the period of the Mesozoic Era made famous in a movie about
bringing dinosaurs back to life
9. Fossil
- evidence of past life
10.
Era the major unit of
geologic time. There are four of these, including the Precambrian,
Paleozoic, Mesozoic and the Cenozoic.
11. Geology
the study of rocks, including fossil remains.
13.
Extinct the permanent loss of a species. When the species
is gone forever it goes ______.
Down:
1. Mesozoic
also known as the Age of the Ruling Reptiles.
2. Dinosaur
the group of reptiles
that ruled the land millions of years ago.
3. Birds
these flying animals are still common today. They evolved from
dinosaurs.
5. Crocodile
along with the dinosaur and the pterosaur, this was one of the
three Ruling Reptiles. Some species of this animal still live along
waterways in Florida and Africa.
8. Ice Age
a time when the Earth got very cold and huge glaciers covered the
north.
9. Footprint
evidence left behind where a dinosaur has walked. A hadrosaur
left one of these behind in Aniakchak National Park
12. Bones
The parts of dinosaurs most often found as fossils. These help us
to understand what dinosaurs may have looked like. |
