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What type of fossil indicates an aquatic environment once existed?
fish fossil
Rock layers can be disrupted when rock is worn away by_________.
erosion
Rocks layers have been disrupted. But you can use _____________________ to tell when two disrupted layers are the same age.
fossils
If there are four rock layers, the layer at the bottom is most likely the ________________.
oldest
All fossils in the rock layers on Earth are called the
fossil record
erosion can wear away some or all of the rock layers
Which fossil discovery represents a change in the environment where the fossil was found?
fish in rocks on top of a mountain
How could relative age be demonstrated using a stack of newspapers?
by telling the placement of the papers from the youngest to oldest
What type of scientist studies fossils?
paleontologists
the remains or traces of an organism that lived long ago
fossil
the age of one thing compared to another
relative age
the process of moving sediment from one place to another
erosion
an area of land that is very dry
desert
These cause lava, ash, and smoke to rise into the air.
the "ring" in the of earthquakes and volcanoes in the Pacific Ocean
RIng of Fire
Name a type of fossil
trace
mold
cast
What type of map shows patterns such as wind speed, temperature, etc...
what type of map shows constellations?
star map
what map tool shows directions
compass rose
this map shows all kinds of rose
road map
maps represent earth's _________
features
what month is it
march
name the 5 oceans
7
name the 7 continents
africa