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What is sedimentary rock made of?

Sediments

100

What are fossils?

mineralized remains or evidence of an animal or plant.

100

Look at the image. At the end of which era did dinosaurs go extinct?

Mesozoic Era

100

What are some ways rock layers can shift?

earthquakes and magma

200

Are the strata in sedimentary rock from different materials or same materials?

Different materials

200

Fossils are found in what kind of rock?

sedimentary rock

200
The youngest dinosaur fossil would be as old as....

100 million years

200

The oldest layer of rock would be at the very TOP/BOTTOM of sedimentary layers.

Bottom

300

Geologists study sedimentary rock to learn about ....

Earth's history and environment

300

This type of fossil is used to describe a body or organic evidence of an animal.

Cast or mold fossil

300

The first birds appeared during which period?

Jurassic Period

300

The youngest layer of rock would be at the very TOP/BOTTOM of sedimentary layers.

Top

400
Are the layers in sedimentary rock from the same period of time or different periods of time?

Different periods of time

400

These types of fossils are clues about an animal and its environment.

Trace fossils

400

The oldest dinosaur fossil would be as old as....

200-250 million years old

400

What are key beds?

Rock layers that are easily identified by index fossils.

500
A sedimentary rock has fossils of fish-like animals. Their environment was most probably...

Underwater

500
Fossils that are always found in the same layer of rock anywhere on earth.

Index fossil

500

The first dinosaurs appeared during which period?

Triassic Period

500

How would some land animal fossils end up mixed with sea creature fossils?

The land would be underwater with sea creatures, but then it dried out and land animals lived there.