The following terms are vocabulary words
from the article. Match the vocabulary word
with its correct definition by writing the corresponding letter on the line.
1. ______ mammoths
2. ______ sediment
3. ______ amber
4. ______ cast
5. ______ asphalt
6. ______ algae
7. ______ erosion
8. ______ evidence
9. ______ skeleton
10. ______ preserved
a. small, non-flowering plants that include
seaweed and single-celled organisms
b. an object that is made when material is
shaped into a mold
c. maintained its original condition
d. the available information in support of a
claim or proposition
e. a yellowish, see-through resin material that
was produced by now-extinct trees in
prehistoric times
f. a framework of bones and cartilage
supporting an animal’s body
g. ancient, extinct elephants from the time
of the Ice Age
h. a process in which rock or other material
that has been broken down by wind, rain,
or water is carried away
i. material that settles at the bottom of a
body of water
j. a dark, sticky mixture; natural tar or pitch
