Fossil Me This
Vocabulary
Rocks and More Rocks
Prove IT!
Could Be Anything
100
What is a fossil
Trace or remains of a living organism preserved by natural means
100
Fragmental
Clastic
100
3 main types of rocks
Sedimentary Metamorphic Igneous
100
What is the gradual change in a species resulting in something else called?
Biological Evolution
100
What are the two names for molten rock?
Magma and Lava
200
What are materials that come from fossilized remains of plants and animals called?
Fossil Fuels
200
Large spaces between grains
Porosity
200
What type of rocks have sediments are compacted together?
Sedimentary
200
What really happened to the dinosaurs?
Died off either during or after the flood
200
What are the two categories of igneous rocks?
Intrusive Extrusive
300
What is the study of fossils called?
Paleontology
300
Liquids can easily pass through
Permeable
300
What type of rocks form from cooled molten rock?
Igneous
300
What recent volcanic eruption that we talked about can be used to prove that rocks did not take millions or billions of years to form?
Mt. St. Helen's
300
What are the two types of metamorphism that occur with metamorphic rocks?
Local and Regional
400
3 categories human fossils can be divided into
Completely Human Fossils Misidentified Animal Fossils Hoaxes
400
Chemical
Non clastic
400
What types of rocks are changed with heat and pressure?
Metamorphic
400
Is coal a sedimentary or metamorphic rock and why?
Technically a Sedamentary Rock but some scientists believe that it is a metamorphic rock because it has been changed by heat and pressure.
400
True or False: Nonfoliated Rocks break easily into parallel layers
False
500
What is formed by the flood from sea-dwelling creatures dying off?
Oil
500
no interconnected pores in rocks
impermeable
500
What makes up granite and what color are they?
Feldspar (pink) Quartz (white) Mica (black)
500
Why doesn't the uniformitarian rock cycle really count as a "real" rock cycle?
Creationists agree with part of it, however since the time difference (millions/billions vs. thousands) of years is so different, the cycle wouldn't actually of had time to go through one full cycle yet.
500
Name two types of intrusive rock structures:
2 types of intrusive rock structures