Fossils Tell of Long Ago

By Aliki

Vocabulary

• amber: a yellowish sap from plants that hardens and becomes a fossil

• fossil: a plant, animal, or imprint that has turned to stone

• extinct: not alive today; all members of the group or species have died out

• mammoth: a kind of elephant that lived millions of years ago

How are fossils formed?

Where can fossils be found?

What can be learned from

studying fossils?