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pwa Unit 6 Lesson 3 Paleontology reading

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  • the study of a subject in detail; to learn all you can about something
    research
  • studying human history and prehistory
    archeological
  • get something out of the ground
    dig up
  • very old; from a very long time ago
    ancient
  • it is made from clay, wood, metal or plaster, and can look like a person or thing
    sculpture
  • a group of things or people
    collections
  • made by building something again
    reconstruction
  • something was true in the past, but it is not true now
    used to
  • a reptile that became extinct about 65 million years ago
    dinosaur
  • animals having a backbone
    vertebrates
  • a part of an animal or plant, or just the shape of one, from many years ago which we can see in a rock
    fossil
  • no one person or thing from this group is living on the planet today
    extinct
  • a large extinct hairy elephant
    mammoth
  • a sign made by something that tells us it was there before
    trace
  • study of fossils, animals and plants which lived a long time ago
    paleontology
  • a place where we can naturally find things from the past and study them, such as an old city
    site