Types of Rocks and the Rock Cycle
Plate Tectonics
Erosion and Weathering
Fossils
Layers of the Earth
100
This type of rock is made up of layers of sand grains cemented together.
What is sedimentary rock?
100
This type of plate boundary happens when two tectonic plates crash into each other.
What is a convergent plate boundary?
100
Where would the most erosion occur? On a field On a hill In a cave In a school
What is on a hill?
100
Which part of an animal is least likely to be found as a fossil? Fur Teeth Leg bone Claws
What is fur?
100
This layer of the Earth is the most exterior.
What is the crust?
200
Lava cools to form this kind of rock.
What is igneous rock?
200
This type of boundary occurs when two tectonic plates slide past each other.
What is a transform plate boundary?
200
Name a way to prevent erosion.
What is planting grass?
200
The youngest fossils would be found in which layer of rock? Near the top Near the middle Near the bottom
What is near the top?
200
This layer of the Earth is the hottest.
What is the inner core?
300
This type of rock is most likely to contain fossils.
What is sedimentary?
300
This is the type of plate boundary when 2 plates pull away from each other.
What is divergent?
300
This type of rock often erodes into sand.
What is sedimentary (sandstone)?
300
Which animal is most likely to create a fossil? Octopus Wooly mammoth Caterpillar Fly
What is a wooly mammoth?
300
This layer of the Earth is located between the outer core and the crust.
What is the mantle?
400
This type of rock is formed by heat and pressure.
What is metamorphic rock?
400
This is where most of the world's volcanoes and earthquakes are found.
What is the Ring of Fire?
400
Name an agent of physical weathering.
Possible answers: Wind Precipitation (rain, snow, sleet) Ice Plant roots
400
This type of rock is most likely to contain a fossil.
What is sedimentary?
400
This layer of the Earth is the thinnest.
What is the crust?
500
This process creates magma from other types of rocks.
What is melting?
500
This is what happens when an ocean plate subducts under a continental plate.
What are volcanoes and earthquakes?
500
Name a specific type of rock that would likely contain fossils.
Possible answers: sandstone, limestone
500
This layer of the Earth is made of liquid metal like iron and nickel.
What is the outer core?
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