Chapter 1
It is made up of sand, mud, and tiny bits of rock
What is Sediment?
Fossils are usually found in a certain type of rock
What is Sedimentary Rock?
Fossils used to be what?
Organisms (animals, plants, anything living)
rock forms in layers o______ t____.
over time
what is an inference?
an inference is something you figure out by putting together what we observe and what we already know.
Sedimentary rock usually forms ...
underwater.
Fossils usually form in ...
sedimentary rock
Different kinds of rocks from in different types of ...
Environments.
volcanic rock is ...
a type of rock that forms when lava cools
scientists observe fossils to find out ...
clues about past environments and what was living at that time
why can scientists find fossils?
sediment preserves the organism in sedimentary rock.
Why are fossils important?
Fossils tell stories about organisms that lived a long time ago.
person who studies rocks
Geologists
what is a person that finds fossils called?
Palaeontologists
as the sediment c________ and c________ into rock, the organism's parts can fossilize.
compacts and cements
organisms are most likely to leave behind a fossils if ...
they have hard body parts and if they get covered with sediment quickly.
What is the difference between a paleontologist and geologists?
paleontologist study life in the past through fossils and geologists study earth, like rocks.
s_________ sinks through water and builds up.
sediment.
Where can I find fossils?
beach, oceans, lakes, floodplains, rivers
fossils are least likely to form in ...
volcanic rock