Scientists & Misc.
True or False: The Earth is always changing.
True
Remains of plants and animals that lived on land.
Terrestrial fossils
The history of life on Earth is told through ________
rocks
What means "breaking rocks into small pieces?
Weathering
small pieces of rock pressed together
sedimentary rocks
Scientists who study the structure of the Earth
Geologists
What type of fossil is a dinosaur bone?
Mineral replacement fossil
True or False: Rocks follow specific pathways through the rock cycle.
False
What is runoff?
Excess water that soil cannot hold
moving sediment
erosion
Which part of the Earth is split into large plates?
Crust
Remains of plants and animals that lived in the water
Marine fossils
faults
What does carbonation create?
caves
changed under great pressure and heat
metamorphic rock
Scientists who studies past life on Earth through fossils
Paleontologists
Fossils are found mostly in what type of rock?
Sedimentary
What is the law of superposition?
Newly formed rocks are found at the top layer
Which natural disaster do plants help prevent?
landslides
cooled lava or magma
igneous rock
Scientists who look for clues and patterns in rocks, fossils and landscapes
Geologists
What is another name for a trace fossil?
Imprint
When two plates move toward and start pushing against each other what does that create?
Mountains
What type of landrom do glaciers create?
valleys
ice breaking apart rocks
frost wedging