Facts
What do I have on my morning slides?
Alien cat
Name 3 living things
Ask Connor if answer was right
Can plants be fossils
Yes
What does mud turn into
Mudstone
Can Wind, Ice, and water cause erosion?
Yes
What breaks the rock causing erosion (is in the water or is blown from wind)
other rocks/sediment
Name 3 non-living things
Ask Connor
Are last night's chicken wing bones fossils
no
What does silt turn into
Siltstone
What does a river speed change/do
fast river = more erosion
Which canyon had more erosion, keller's or devil's creak
Devil's creek
What does a rocky outcrop show
Different rock layers
What fossil did we talk about A LOT
The mosasaur skull
What does sand turn into
Sandstone
What does the time a river spends flowing change
The more time=more erosion
What caused the learned canyon to have more erosion
The canyon was older and the river was flowing faster
What order do the layers go from oldest to youngest
Bottom to top
If we find aquatic fossils in the desert what does that tell us
That the area used to be underwater
What does gravel turn into
Conglomerate rock
What landform is (usually) formed by erosion
Caves
What supports a claim and what is needed for it
A scientific argument and observations/evidence
If the previous environment was a deep or shallow ocean, what will the next environment most likely be
A beach or an area with little to no water
What is/was the mosasaur and give an additional fact
An aquatic type of dinosaur and what ever fact was added that was right
What does calcium carbonate turn into
limestone
What forms in caves from dripping water and erosion
Stalagmites and stalactites