Words that start with F

A formation is an arrangement of things, or how something has been formed. You might talk about a rock formation, a cloud formation, or aircraft flying in formation.

When an animal or plant dies and is buried under the ground with the right conditions for thousands or even millions of years, it turns to stone. Later when we dig them back up, we call them a fossil. When something has been turned into a fossil it is fossilised. People have found fossils of all sized creatures, from tiny sea snails, to frogs, right up to enormous dinosaurs. Most of the creatures that people find as fossils are extinct - you can no longer see a living animal of that kind. The fossil in the picture is a trilobite.

Found is the past tense of find. The children in the picture have found a snail. The opposite of found is lost.

A fountain is a jet of water being squirted up into the air. When people make pretty fountains, they usually put lots of little jets of water together with a statue or something else interesting looking like a sculpture. You can find fountains of all sizes in most cities.

Something is fourth if it is the number four thing in a list. Fourth comes after third and before fifth.