The name of the weak acid we used in the calcite test
What is vinegar
100
A fossil imprint of an animal that lived long ago is not likely to give us clues about that animal’s
shape
Color
size
weight
What is color
100
You find a fossil with a shell imprint. Tell how that fossil was formed.
What is the shell was buried under layers of dirt and rock, then the shell breaks down and minerals fill the empty space where the shell was.
200
Which of these is not a type of rock?
Igneous
Cement
Sedimentary
Metamorphic
What is Cement
200
The 3 items we used in the scratch test
What is fingernail, paperclip, and penny
200
Most plants grow best in soil that contains a lot of
sand
bedrock
humus
What is humus
300
When a rock is broken down by weather, animals, or chemicals
What is weathering
300
Name of the mineral which always fizzes when it is put in vinegar
What is calcite
300
Two fossils are found near each other in a cold mountain region. One is of a shellfish, the other is of a palm tree. What can you infer about the environment which these organisms lived?
What is it was once a warm, tropical region with water.
400
When a rock is moved by wind, water, gravity, or ice
What is erosion
400
What test did we use to check the hardness of a mineral?
What is the scratch test
400
True or False: Wood and animal droppings can be fossils.
What is True
500
Name 3 ingredients in the rocks that Mrs. Spalding made for the class to take apart and study
sand, shells, gravel, flour
500
This helps separate the parts of a rock after it is placed in liquid
What is evaporation
500
How is soil formed?
What is when rocks are broken down and moved by weathering and erosion