Types of Rocks
What is an igneous rock?
formed from cooled magma.
How can an igneous rock become sediment?
Eroded and weathered into bits and pieces
What is the difference between biotic and abiotic?
Biotic is a living thing like a tardigrade; abiotic is something that is not alive and neverhas been like glass.
Why are fossils not in metamorphic rocks?
They would be squeezed and baked so hard that the fossils would be gone.
How many days are in February 2026?
28 days--this is not a leap year
What is an Sedimentary rock?
formed from bits of rocks, sand, mud, bone, shells, etc.
How can a sedimentary rock become an igneous rock?
Gets melted into lava/magma
What is a consumer?
Something that has to eat something else for energy. Example--you eat a gross bag of Takis for energy.
What rocks are fossils not found in?
Igneous rock and metamorphic
What is the little hat of cold air on top of the Earth that keeps slippiong down over the US called?
Polar vortex
What is an metamorphic rock?
formed when rocks are under heat and pressure
How can a metamorphic rock become a sedimentary rock?
weathering and erosion
Name three steps of the water cycle.
Evaporation, condensation, precipitation, transpiration, and run-off.
If you find a layer of rocks that has fish fossils in them under a layer of rocks that have dinosaur fossils in them, which is the youngest layer?
Dinosaur layer
How do you spell Mrs. Boswell's real first name?
JANQUIL
How many rock types are there?
3 different types
Is there an ending to the rock cycle?
No--rocks can go through the cycle over and over again
What is a producer?
Something that gets it energy from the sun, like a plant.
If you find a layer of rocks that has fish fossils in them under a layer of rocks that have dinosaur fossils in them, which is the oldest layer?
Fish layer
What is Mrs. Boswell's favorite rock--it is white and black and looks like a squished together, melted Oreo?
Gneiss
What are the different types of rocks?
Sedimentary, Igneous, and Metamorphic.
What step of the rock cycle can have fossils in it?
Sedimentary rocks
What is a trophic cascade?
When you remove a species so important to an ecosystem, the whole ecosystem collapses, like when the wolves of Yellowstone were removed.
What is the law of superposition?
The deeper the rock layer, the older it is OR the younger the rock layer, the shallower it is.
What is Mrs. Boswell's room number?
220