Changes to Rock
Fossils
Fossil Fuels
Earth's Changes
Miscellaneous
100
The mechanical process that breaks down rocks
What is Erosion
100
Definition of fossil
preserved remains or traces of a living thing
100
What process is involved in oil formation?
The breakdown of organisms' remains into hydrogen and carbon
100
What kind of landform will likely be formed by a river's running water?
Canyon
100
What type of fossil fuel results from dead plants under great amounts of pressure and high temperatures for a long period of time?
Coal
200
Similarity shared by chemical and physical weathering
Caused by water
200
What most likely occurred if an entire fish fossil is preserved in a rock?
A fish was quickly buried in sediment after it died
200
What would cause better production of coal?
Greater amounts of heat and pressure
200
Sarah's parents dug up a large hole in their backyard to put in a pool. When they dug up the dirt, they found exposed fossils such as coral, fish, and seaweed. What does this tell them about the environment many years ago?
It was once covered by an ocean.
200
What can fossils be identified as evidence of?
Past living organisms
300
Rocks falling from a mountain top to the valley of the mountain is caused by what type of formation?
What is erosion by a glacier
300
What have scientists learned about woolly mammoths based on their fossils?
The lived in cold climates during the Ice Age
300
What kind of fossil would be a good index fossil?
A animals that lived in a large area during the Paleozoic Era.
300
What type of landform is a result of changes to the Earth's surface by ice?
A valley
300
An investigation that explores the process that led to the formation of fossil fuels would most likely include a model of what?
Remains of organisms being buried by sediment
400
Rock salt and gypsum are two kinds of sedimentary rock. What process is involved in their formation?
What is water evaporating and leaving minerals behind
400
What can you conclude about two fossils found on different continents?
The continents were once connected.
400
What can you conclude about two fossils that are found on two different continents?
The continents were once connected.
400
How can wind change the Earth's surface?
Erosion, Deposition, and Weathering
400
What is needed in the formation of oil?
hydrogen and carbon
500
What is the relationship between a slope of a hill and the weathering that occurs?
Steeper slopes result in a more rapid rate of weathering
500
Chris brought home many items from the beach including a clam that died on the way home, a rock with an imprint of a seashell, a clump of seashells stuck together, and two seashell halves that fit together. Which is a fossil?
A rock with an imprint of a seashell
500
Oil and natural gas are two types of fossil fuels used to heat homes. What did oil and natural gas come from?
Remains of tiny marine organisms
500
Certain places in the United States have fossilized plants that are not much different than plants that are alive today. What does this tell you?
The present day climate is not much different than the climate back then.
500
Rapid changes to rock are caused by both chemical and physical weathering. True or false?
False
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