| General Vocabulary | Academic Vocabulary | Technical Vocabulary |
|---|---|---|
| monster | indicate | fossil |
| strange | identify | fossilization |
| story | analyze | index fossil |
| shell | contribute | trace fossil |
| tooth/teeth | determine | body fossil |
| sand | estimate | permineralization |
| rock | occur | mold |
| bone | contrast | cast |
| body | reveal | amber |
| shape | resemble | compression |
| old | widespread | preserved remains |
| land | impact | replacement |
| sea | process | microfossil |
| water | distribution | marine |
| mountain | location | terrestrial |
| tree | region | fossil fuel |
| fire | climate | mass extinction |
| death | formation | soft-bodied organism |
| time | expansion | sediment |
| animal | exposure | coprolite |
| plant | significant | La Brea Tar Pits |
| storm | affect | trilobite |
| creature | interpretation | ammonite |
| decay | sequence | brachiopod |
| sandstorm | previously | Quetzalcoatlus |
| ice | comparison | Argentinosaurus |
| year | occur | Archaeopteryx |
| lake | transform | Anomalocaris |
