Classifying Rocks 1
Geologists classify rocks into 3 major groups
What is igneous, sedimentary, and metamorphic
These small pieces or particles make up sedimentary rock. They can be other rocks or plant and animal organisms
What is sediments
Describe which layer contains the oldest fossil
Bottom layer
Pulley
What is used to dry out human bodies or animals?
salts and baking soda
The type of rock that forms from magma or lava cooling
What is igneous rock
Magma cools and crystallizes in the cycle forming _______ rock
What is igneous rock
Describe which layer contains the youngest fossil
Top layer
Which type of simple machine is a playground slide?
Inclined plane
How did the Egyptians bury the dead?
In the sand, which dried the bodies out naturally.
What are rocks made up of?
What are minerals, sediments, magma, lava.
What do mudstone and sedimentary rocks formed from the remains of once-living plants and animals have in common?
What is they are formed from layers of sediment
A scientists who study living things from the past
paleontologist
Which type of simple machine is found on a lid of a jar?
Screw
What is the material that is used to wrap the mummy?
Linen
This is how metamorphic rocks are created.
What is extreme heat and pressure
Igneous rock transforms to sediment by processes called ___________ & ____________
What is weathering and erosion
Fossils are formed in these types of rocks
sedimentary rocks
What type of simple machine is a seesaw?
Lever
Washing it
Igneous rock cools very quickly.When it forms the rock crystals could be described as _________.
What is smooth or shiny or no visible crystals
Ezra observed a rock that he found at the beach. He concluded that the rock was sedimentary. Which observation best supports this conclusion?
What is the layers within the rock
Trace fossil
When you twist a doorknob, what kind of simple machine is that?
Wheel and axel
True or False: Organs were taken out before the mummification process.
True