Fossils

People who study fossils are called ____.

• meterologists
• fossilologists
• paleontologists
• fossil hunters

Where can the oldest layer be found?

• The top layer
• The middle layer
• They are all the same age
• The bottom layer

Which layer formed first?

• Rock Layer W
• Rock Layer X
• Rock Layer Y
• Rock Layer Z

Fossils give us evidence about which of the following?

• plants and animals that lived long ago
• how weathering and erosion break down rocks
• the other planets in our solar system
• the transfer of energy from one form  to another

Finding fossils in an area can help us learn what about that location?

• Which places in the region receive the most sunlight
• The effect of the climate on the formation of the soil
• How modern plants and animals interact there
• The kinds of organisms that lived there long ago

Fossils of fish are found under land where cows now live. What does this tell you?

• the fish were dropped their by flying birds
• this land was once under the ocean
• farmers fed the fish to the cows
• fish used to live on land

What is the process of moving sediments from location to another?

• Deposition

• Erosion

• Weathering

• Compaction

Which of the following is NOT one of the three layers of soil?

• topsoil

• undersoil

• subsoil

• humus

What are the 3 major types of rocks?

• Igneous, Metamorphic, Sedimentary
• Metamorphic, Igneous, Cementation
• Brown, Red, Gray
• Streak, Hardness, Breakage

Rocks are made from...

• Plants

• Minerals

• Animals

• People