Rocks
Minerals
Fossils
Types of Rocks
Adaptations
100
___ and ___ help create rocks by blowing and washing away minerals
What is wind and water
100
The four properties of minerals
What are color, luster, streak and hardness
100
A ___ is something that has lasted from a living thing that died a long time ago
What is a fossil?
100
Rock that has been changed by heat and pressure in the Earth is ___
What is metamorphic rock?
100
An adaptation that allows an animal to blend in with its surroundings?
What is camouflage?
200
A rock is made up of one or more ____
What is minerals?
200
A ___ is a solid, natural material found in the Earth
What are minerals
200
Fossils often last in ___ rocks because the layers help save animal and plant shapes?
What is sedimentary rock?
200
Melted rock that has cooled is?
What is igneous rock?
200
A trait or characteristic that helps a plant or animal survive?
What is an adaptation?
300
One type of rock turns into another type of rock as rocks move through the
What is the rock cycle?
300
Copper, Iron, Sodium, Lead, and Flouride
What are examples of minerals?
300
What types of rocks are fossils most likely NOT found in? Why?
Igneous and metamorphosis, because the heat and pressure needed to create the rocks destroys the remains of the plants and animals
300
Rocks that forms from layers of sediment is
What is sedimentary rock?
300
A feature or characteristic of an animal or plant?
What is a trait?
400
The ____ is the Earth's outer layer
What is the crust?
400
One or more types of minerals make up ____
What is rock?
400
Why are animal fossils more abundant than plant fossils?
What is plants have soft parts that decay away
400
Heat helps form which TWO types of rocks?
What is igneous and metamorphosis?
400
What two types of adaptations are there?
What is structural (physical) and behavioral?
500
The ____ is the Earth's middle layer of soft rock?
What is mantle?
500
What mineral is the hardest mineral on Earth?
What is diamond?
500
What type of person studies fossils? What might he look for in a fossil to determine the diet of the animal?
What is a paleontologist? What is the shape of the animals teeth?
500
As you go deeper into the Earth, which two things increase?
What is heat and pressure?
500
What five things do plant and animals need to grow?
What is food, water, air, shelter and protection?