Fossils 1
________ are markings left by an animal. ex.: footprint, trail or burrow.
What are trace fossils.
The further down in the layers you go, the _________ the fossils.
What is older.
During your lab, what type of fossil did you make?
What is a mold fossil
Give an example of a renewable energy resource
What is Solar panel, wind mill, water power
Use to be known as the super continent
What is Pangea
What type of fossils are formed when a visible empty shape was left after an organism was buried in sediment and then decayed?
What are mold fossils.
_________ identity the fossil, the fossil’s environment, and tell us about the history of the earth where the fossil was found.
What are Paleontologist
_______ _______ is a slow movement of the continents on a deep-seated viscous zone within the earth — compare plate tectonics.
____ _____ are sources of energy that come from dead organisms that underwent anaerobic or oxygen-free decomposition.
What are fossil fuels.
The outer layer of Earth's crust is made up of huge pieces of rock called ________.
What are tectonic plates
_______ fossils are made when minerals enter and replace the hard parts of an organism.
What is petrified.
The preserved remains or impressions of organisms from Earth's geological past are known as what?
What are fossils.
When two plates differ in ________ collide, volcanoes often form nearby.
What is density.
Which of the following are examples of fossil fuels?
Natural gas, coal, oxygen, petroleum, tar
What are natural gas, coal and petroleum.
Three preservatives that preserve body fossils are.....
What is tar, amber, and frozen ground
_______ are when minerals in rocks fill an empty space left by a decayed organism.
What are cast fossils.
__________ fossils are the most common types of fossils found.
What is petrified.
Why was Pangea once called a supercontinent?
What is it was made up all of the continents
Convection currents are powered by ________.
What is heat.
What are the layers of the Earth?
what is crust, mantle, outer core and inner core
________ are unaltered remains of organisms in natural preservatives.
What are body fossils.
Which of the following are the different types of fossils?
plates fossils, trace fossils, tar fossils, mold fossils, cast fossils, bone fossils, petrified fossils
What are mold fossils, cast fossils, petrified fossils, trace fossils and petrified fossils.
What evidence did Alfred Wegener use to support his theory of continental drift?
What are fossil discoveries.
What is the underlying force that drives plate tectonics?
What are convection currents.
Name three of the continents that make up Pangea.
What is South America, North America, Antartica, India, Australia, Africa, and Eurasia