An animal that eats plants or other animals is called this.
What is a consumer?
Fossils are found in the ground and show us things that lived a long time ago. True or False?
This is a high area of land with steep sides—often taller than a hill.
What is a mountain?
This type of scientist studies fossils.
What is a paleontologist?
This landform is a deep valley with steep sides, usually carved by a river.
What is a canyon?
Fossils are most often found in this type of rock.
What is sedimentary rock?
This process moves broken pieces of rock and soil from one place to another.
What is erosion?
This is the name for a fossil that shows the imprint or footprint of an animal.
What is a trace fossil?
This landform is created when magma from inside the Earth erupts through the surface.
What is a volcano?
How can fossils help scientists learn about Earth’s past?
What is: by showing what living things and environments were like long ago?
This process breaks down rocks into smaller pieces, often caused by wind, water, or ice.
What is weathering?