Something that has lasted from a living thing that died long ago.
What is a fossil?
200
the solid part of the inside of the earth
What is the inner core?
200
This rock forms when things melt, cool, and harden.
What is igneous rock?
200
Name 3 ways rocks are sorted in groups.
What is color, luster, hardness, size or shape?
200
What do all rocks contain?
What is minerals?
200
Fossils often last in what type of rock?
What is sedimentary?
300
It's hot and soft like taffy.
What is the mantle?
300
This rock forms under heat and pressure.
What is metamorphic rock?
300
This property refers to the way the mineral reflects light.
What is luster?
300
Explain how a rock could change from igneous to sedimentary.
Hot liquid magma cools and forms an igneous rock. Over time, pieces of rock wear away from wind and water and break into pieces that settle into the earth to form sedimentary rocks.
300
What type of fossil is the shape of a plant or animal left in rocks?
What is a mold?
400
It is hot and runny like syrup or honey.
What is the outer core?
400
Sandstone is an example of this kind of rock.
What is sedimentary rock?
400
This property refers to how easy it is to scratch a mineral.
What is hardness?
400
Explain how a sedimentary rock might become an igneous rock.
A sedimentary rock settles down into the earth to an area where it melts into the magma and then, erupts through a volcano.
400
What type of fossil is formed when mud fills a mold to show the shape of the animal or plant?
What is cast?
500
IF you could slice the earth open, you would see 4 of these?
What are the layers of the earth?
500
Name 3 uses of rocks and minerals.
What is jewelry, countertops, computer chips, building needs, etc....?
500
This term refers to color obtained from rubbing a mineral across a hard surface.
What is streak?
500
Explain the whole rock cycle.
Explain how igneous leads to sedimentary to metamorphic.
500
Why are there fewer plant fossil than animal fossils?