The measurement of the amount of empty space in rock.
What is porosity?
100
Rock made from layers of sediment that are packed together.
What is sedimentary rock?
100
Preserved remains of once living organisms.
What are fossils?
100
To hold back.
What is retain?
100
Kiante wants to find a Tyrannosaurs Rex skull to put in Montrell's closet to scare him. What type of rock will he most likely find it in?
What is sedimentary rock?
200
A dark material remaining after decaying of living organisms.
What is humus?
200
The process needed to build up layers of sediment.
What is deposition?
200
Type of rock that fossils are found inside.
What is sedimentary rock?
200
Glued together by tiny crystals precipitated from fluids in the pores of sediment.
What is cemented?
200
John was playing football in his backyard when he trips over some rocks. After he gets up he notices that the rocks are actually fossilized remains of trees. What kind of environment used to be in John's backyard?
What is a forest?
300
A rich soil mixture made up of sand, clay, and decaying living organisms.
What is loam?
300
Mr. Carrier finds a rock that has eleven layers in it. Which layer was formed first?
What is the bottom layer?
300
Rotted or broken down.
What is decayed?
300
The age of the topmost layer of sediment.
What is the youngest layer?
300
Iran is trying to grow flowers to give to his grandmother. What type of soil does he need?
What is loam?
400
A mixture of humus, clay, and other minerals that forms the crumbly, topmost layer of soil.
What is topsoil?
400
Compress or squeeze by pressure.
What is compact?
400
Needed in order to cover a decaying organism.
What are layers of sediment?
400
The process which moves sediment.
What is erosion?
400
Aaliyah is teaching a group of first graders about how layers of sediment are compacted together to form rock. She decides to demonstrate a model by making a peanut butter and jelly sandwich. What kind of rock is she demonstrating by this model?
What is a sedimentary rock?
500
Ms. DuPont wants to measure the amount of empty space or porosity in rock in several samples of soil. She pours 300 ml of water over each sample. Not all the water came out of the soil. Where did the water go?
What is the soil samples retained some of the water?
500
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Which rock layer is younger C or F?
What is layer C?
500
Ms. Carey is digging in her vegetable garden when she unearths (digs up) a shell, after ten minutes of digging she finds a total of 23 shells. What does this tell her about the past environment?
What is the past environment was once a lake?
500
Natural solid mixture of minerals or living matter.
What is rock?
500
Partially decayed remains that are packed under pressure for millions of years form into solid, liquid and gas that we used every day.