What is the process of breaking down old rock and making new rock called?
The rock cycle
Compaction
Erosion
What are rocks made out of?
Minerals
Where are most fossils found?
On the top of mountains
In areas once covered by oceans
Next to volcanoes
Which type of rock has been changed by intense heat and pressure?
Sandstone
Metamorphic
Sedimentary
Igneous
What are the three main types of rocks?
Metamorphic, cement, marble
Sedimentary, mantle, copper
Igneous, granite. quartzite
Metamorphic, sedimentary, igneous
If you find a dolphin fossil in a desert, what can that tell you?
The desert used to be ocean.
What type of rock is formed when small particles settle together?
Marble
Metamorphic
Sedimentary
Igneous
What are some examples of fossil fuels?
Igneous rocks
Metamorphic rocks
Oil, natural gas, coal
Sedimentary rocks
What are natural, non-living particles found in the ground?
Plant remains
Minerals
Fossils
What is magma?
Melted (molten) rock formed from fire
What are fossils?
The remains or imprints of plants and animals from long ago
What are the two kinds of fossils mentioned in the book?
Plant fossils and animal fossils
Body fossils and trace fossils
Footprint fossils and egg fossils
What do we call a person who studies fossils?
Paleontologist
Which type of rock is formed by fire in the Earth's crust?
Igneous
Magma
Sedimentary
Metamorphic
What is radiocarbon dating?
When two animals mate for life
The remains of wooly mammoths
A way to figure out how old plants and trees are
A way to figure out when something will die in the future
Why are the La Brea tar pits in California important to paleontologists?
Tyrannosaurus Rex Sue is there.
They're the only place you can find trilobite fossils.
They have the world's largest collection of ice age fossils.
There are absolutely no fossils there at all.
What do fossils tell us about earth?
The history of life on Earth