Type of Fossils
Type of Plates
Plate Tectonics & Fossil Facts
Classmates
Type of "Spheres"
100

most of the remains of the organism are intact

preserved remains

100

part of the earth between the core and the crust

Mantle

100

are the plates still moving apart, even today

yes

100

what boy in Group P has a last name like the word "skull"

Anthony Skully

100

the air part of Earth

Atmosphere

200

is the preserved evidence of the activity of an organism.

trace fossil

200

plates that move together and can form mountain ranges.

Convergent Plates

200

why do plates move

they are floating by convection currents on magma found in the mantle

200

this girl has the name of a flower in her name, she's in Group P

Lily-Rose Carreiro

200

the water part of the Earth

Hydrosphere

300

is a fossil replica of an ancient organism.

cast fossil

300

{ Double Jeopardy } where one plate slides under another one and melts back into the mantle.

Subduction Zone

300

a scientist, who studies fossils

paleontologist

300

these two girls have the same last name one in Group P and one in Group Z

 Xiomara Carreiro and Lily Carreiro

300

{ Double Jeopardy }225 million years ago, there was a supercontinent. what was it called?

Pangea

400

is an empty impression left in a rock.

mold fossil

400

plates that move apart in different directions and can form active volcanos

Divergent Plates

400

a theory based on the separation of Pangea

The Theory of Plate Tectonics

400

what boy in Group T has the same name as a character in Sponge Bob

Patrick Reynolds

400

the solid/land part of Earth

Geosphere

500

the black, carbon outline of the organism is left on a leaf or a rock

carbon-film fossil

500

plates that slide past each other, moving side by side

Transform Plates

500

why do we study fossils

to learn about lifeforms and to learn the Earth's climates has changed over time

500

What two boys on Team Onyx have the same last

Connor Simmons and Dylan Simmons

500

the living part of Earth

Biosphere