Vocabulary

fossil: the remains or traces of a living animal or plant from a long time ago 

paleontologist: scientist who studies fossils for information about life in the past

remote: very far away from other places 

prehistoric: long ago, from a time before written history

chisel: a tool used with a hammer to chip away stone or sediment from a fossil

jackhammer: a machine used to help free fossils from rock

pick axe: a tool to dig in hard soil or rock

laboratory: where paleontologists study fossils