| A | B |
|---|
| amber | fossil from tree sap (liquid), sometimes with bugs in it 琥珀 |
| carbon film | thin coating of carbon on rock 碳膜 |
| body fossil | When animal/plant bodies are preserved, like bugs in amber. 动植物尸体完整形成的化石 |
| cast | copy of the shape of a plant/animal 动植物形状形成的模型 |
| decay | break down after death 分解，腐烂 |
| decompose | break down after they die 分解，腐烂 |
| evolution | slow change in living things after a long time 进化 |
| extinct | When a living thing dies out. 灭绝 |
| fossil fuel | oil, coal, gas. 生物尸体形成的燃料 |
| index fossil | Fossil of a plant/animal that lived a very short time in many places 指标化石：用来确定地层年代 |
| wooly mammoth | They look like elephants, lived during the last ice age. 毛象 |
| mold | empty area in sediment shaped like a plant/animal 空的模子 |
| petrified fossil | The minerals repalced all/part of the plant/animal含有矿物的化石 |
| remains | what is left 遗体，留下的东西 |
| trace fossil | Evidence of the activity of living things (most common fossils) 记载古生物活动的化石，如：脚印 |
| trilobite | 三叶虫 hard-shelled animal that lived in shallow area; an index fossil |
| ammonite | It looks like a snail; extinct sea animal, good index fossil菊石目,已滅絕的頭足類。非常好的指準化石，能指示所在的地層與地質年代。近親是烏賊及魷魚 |
| unconformity | where old rock meets a newer rock surface 老岩石与新岩石相交错（沉积过程曾中断） |
