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Rocks and Fossils

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  • What is a fossil?
    The remains or traces of living things from the past
    A type of rock
  • What was this fossil created in?
    Resin
  • What is his job?
    Palentologist
  • What is a voilent and sudden force that brings changes to the land?
    Earthquakes
  • What are the three places you may find fossils?
    Glaciers, rocks, sticky resin
  • What type of rock is this?
    Metamorphic
  • What are rocks made out of?
    Minerals
  • What types of things become fossils?
    Bones, plants, animals
  • If you find a dolphin fossil in a desert, what can that tell you?
    The desert used to be ocean
  • What do we call a person who studies fossils?
    Paleontologist
  • Are the top rocks older or are the bottom rocks older?
    Bottom rocks are the oldest
  • What is magma?
    Molten Rock
  • What was this fossil created in
    Rocks
  • What type of rock is this
    Igneous
  • What do fossils tell us about earth?
    The history of life on Earth
  • What are the three main types of rocks?
    Metamorphic, sedimentary, igneous
  • What was this fossil created in?
    A glacier, Ice
  • Why do rocks in beaches have smooth edges?
    Moving water tumbles rocks against each other making them rounder.
  • What type of rock is this?
    Sedimentary