When a fossil is made, what happens right after the animal dies?
The remains rot or decay.
Rocks are made up of what?
Minerals
Name three things that have become fossils other than dinosaurs.
Plants, leaves, fish, insects.
Where is magma found?
below the Earth's surface.
What does it mean if fossils of warm weather animals are found in a certain area?
The climate of the area was warm.
What are the three types of rocks?
igneous, sedimentary, and metamorphic
Which fossils are older: Fossils found in the top layers of rock or Fossils found near the bottom layers of rock.
The bottom layers of rock.
There are 2 ways metamorphic rocks can be made. Name them.
With heat or by pressure
How did an insect become a fossil?
It got stuck in resin.
How do scientists identify rocks?
by the types of minerals they have.