Gravel Monkeys
Three layers of the Earth
Crust, Mantle, Core
Process of removing a fossil from the rock around it
Excavation
When atoms of different elements combine, the molecule forms is called what?
compound
The ability to do work
Energy
types of rocks formed from cooled magma or lava
Igneous
Movement of sediment from one place to another
Erosion
Scientists that study fossils
paleontologists
Has no definite shape or volume
gas
Stored energy
potential energy
Rocks that are formed by heat and pressure deep within the Earth's surface
Metamorphic
Event that caused the entire crust to change, eroded rocks and mountains and caused new one to form
The Great Flood
True or False: Scientists make guesses about the size of an animal based on history books and cave drawings.
False. They compare them to modern animals
Solution
Thermal Energy
Formed when layers of sediment are organic materials are hardened
Sedimentary
Two things that can remove surface material and expose lower levels of the earth where minerals might be found
Weathering and Erosion
Scientists that study the structure, rocks and minerals of the Earth
Geologists
The substance that is being dissolved
Solute
When cooled a substance generally does this.
contracts
Cooled melted rock, can also be metal
Minerals
Three categories of rocks
Igneous, Metamorphic, and Sedimentary
What do scientists use to make guesses about the size of an extinct animal
Skeletons
Occurs when atoms in an element combine to form a new substance
Chemical Change
Spaces are put between sections of sidewalks and roads to provide for what?
Thermal Expansion
True or False: Creationists and Evolutionists scientists depend on their worldviews to date a fossil
True