Earth
Made of large grains.
What is sand?
Rocks that are formed by layers of sediments becoming hardened over millions of years.
What is sedimentary rock?
In order for a fossil to form, this must happen first.
What is an organism dies?
Animal part would most likely form a fossil.
What is a bone?
The preserved remains or evidence of plants and animals that lived long ago.
What are fossils?
Loose material in which plants can grow.
What is soil?
See image
What is A?
A living thing
What is an organism?
If a fish fossil is found, what can we infer about the area it was found in?
What is it was once covered in water?
Tiny particles like sand, mud, and small rocks.
What is sediment?
The result of a volcanic eruption.
What is lava or ash?
See image
What is F?
A paleontologist finds a fossil of a fish on top of a mountain can infer that the fossil was once in this location.
What is underwater?
The reason scientists study patterns in rock layers.
To understand how the Earth’s surface and landscapes have changed over time.
When an entire plant or animal species is no longer living.
What is extinct?
This formed the Grand Canyon.
What is a river?
Horizontal layers of rocks that are formed over time and contain important information about the Earth’s past
What is strata?
Which of the following is NOT a fossil?
An insect stuck in amber
A seashell found on a beach
A footprint captured in mud
What is a seashell found on a beach.
What pattern in rock layers can help scientists explain how a landscape changed
What is fossils in the same layer lived at the same time.
The natural process where earth materials like soil and rock are worn away and transported by natural forces such as wind
What is erosion?
What is found in soil that provides nutrients for plants?
Visible features and landforms of an area
What is landscape?
People who study fossils.
What is a paleontologist?
Imagine you find a fossil of a tropical plant in Missouri. This could this tell us about Missouri’s climate in the past.
What is it was once warmer and wetter?
Person who studies bones from a past human civilization.
What is an archaeologist?