Dinosaurs
If the dinosaurs are extinct what does that mean?
There are no more dinosaurs left.
Name the three types of rocks.
Sedimentary, Igneous, Metamorphic
What do minerals make up?
Rocks.
What do we call the water that covers the earth?
Oceans.
What are fossils?
Preserved bodies or imprints of animals.
How do you know if a dinosaur is a MEAT eater?
They have very sharp, big teeth.
How are igneous rocks formed?
Heat and cooled magma.
What is the name of the mineral that humans eat?
Salt.
What do we call the land that covers the earth?
Continents.
What is the earth's crust?
The outermost layer of the earth.
How do people believe the dinosaurs became extinct?
A large meteorite hit the Earth.
How are sedimentary rocks formed?
Layers of rocks piling on top of each other and creating pressure.
Because they are so rare.
What is the equator?
An imaginary line that cuts the earth in half.
What does a paleontologist study?
The fossils of animals and plants that lived a long time ago.
How do they know that dinosaurs existed even though they are extinct?
Fossils!
How are metamorphic rocks formed?
How are gemstones made?
Cutting, shaping, and making the minerals shiny.
Name something that lives on the earth's crust, above the earth's crust, and inside the earth's crust.
Student answer.
How does a geyser work?
Magma underneath the earth heats up and creates pressure. Water and steam then quickly shoot out of the hole in the earth.
What is the name of a dinosaur that only eats plants?
Herbivore.
What does a geologist study?
Rocks!
What is the hardest mineral?
Diamond.
Name all of the continents.
North America, South America, Asia, Europe, Antarctica, Australia, Africa
Extremely hot and dense due to all of the pressure.