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Earth's Surface
Inside the Earth
ROCKS ROCKS ROCKS
Fossils
Vocabulary
100

The earth’s surface is covered by these two things

land and water
100
This is the outer layer of the earth that we line on.
Crust
100
This kind of rock is formed from sediments
sedimentary
100
Fossils are made of_________
dead plants and animals that turn to stone
100
The science of studying the Earth and rocks
Geology
200

Most of the surface is covered by_____.

water
200
This layer is made of liquid rock called magma
mantle
200
Describe how igneous rock is formed
Lava cools and hardens into rock. 
200
Name the scientist who studies fossils
Paleontologist
200
What does preserve mean?
To keep the same
300
You can find many things in the crust of the earth. Name three
water, rocks, tiny rocks, dead plants, animals
300
The temperature inside the earth is____
hot
300
How is metamorphic rock formed?
Other rocks change through pressure, heat, and time.
300
What can fossils tell us?
About the past on Earth, what dinosaurs ate, how big they were, etc.
300
This word means to dig for fossils
Excavate
400
The earth's surface is always changing. Name 4 things that change the surface.

volcano, earthquake, rockslide, water, ice, wind

400
The inner core is made of_____
iron-solid metal
400
Sandstone, limestone, and shale are all kinds of what rock?
Sedimentary
400
Put the fossils in order from oldest to youngest: cooksonia, fish, trilobite, dinosaurs
1. trilobite


2. cooksonia

3. fish

4. dinosaurs

400
This word means something does not exist anymore
Extinct