Ice Age
What is a glacier
A large Slow moving mass of ice
The fossil duo, Can't have one without the other. one makes its impression the other fills it
What are mold and cast fossils?
The Missoula floods covered these 2 states and shaped their land
What is Washington and Oregon?
Not just a tool in minecraft, this tool helps breaking down large rocks and boulders.
What is a pick axe?
The further the boulder has travelled the ____ it is
Rounder
A material people used for cave art
what is mud, charcoal or rocks
Frozen in ice and trapped in amber this fossil is found
What are Preserved remains?
60
This tool is used for cleaning off the fossils and dusting away the dirt
What are brushes?
The name of the Supercontinent.
What is Pangea?
This was one epoch that the Ice Age took place in (2 possible answers)
What is the Pleistocene or Pliocene epoch?
Nothing but marks, only tracks or borrows are left for this fossil
What are Trace fossils?
A large Pillar that is TALLER than it is wide
What is a Butte?
The definition of a Paleontologist
what is "A person who focuses on the fossilized plants and animals, to better learn the life of prehistoric life."
The correct order of size of the three; Epoch Eon and era. (largest to smallest)
what is Eon, Era, then Epoch?
The ice age ended ____ years ago (closest guess gets it)
11,700
This Dinosaur can't catch a break, after change after change, they've never looked the same way twice
What is the Spinosaurus?
A large pillar that is WIDER than it is TALLER
What is a Mesa?
Pointier than a hammer, this tool is used for chipping away with greater pressure and precision.
What is a Chisel?
One of the causes for the Missoula Floods
What is Earth's orbit, Solar Energy, Atmospheric Composition, Ocean currents or Volcanoes?
The term for larger mammals in the ice age
What are Megafauna?
Despite the living conditions now, recent plant and animal fossils were found on this continent, supporting the idea it once was a tropical environment.
What is Antartica?
A boulder that has moved a great distance is an _____ boulder
What is Erratic?
The 3 places a paleontologist would typically work in.
What is working in a lab, in the field or a museum
A common food source for the Orca whale that walks on the ground (but can swim)
What is a moose?