Science Week 4 Review

___________ ___________ show evidence of the activity of ancient organisms, such as tracks or nests.

• dead fossils

• Mold fossils

• Cast fossils

• Trace fossils

What is a fossil?

• rock was once at the bottom of the sea.

• An impression of an ancient organism.

• the past environment, where animals came from, and what they looked like.

• The imprint or remains of plants and animals that lived long ago.

What can fossils tell us about past animals and life?

• It cannot be replaced easily

• The imprint or remains of plants and animals that lived long ago

• An impression of an ancient organism

• Info about the past environment, where animals came from, and what they looked like

Millions of years ago, the remains of dead plants and animals were buried by sediments. Through the action of time and pressure over millions of years, these remains changed form. We now call these changed remains

• Fossil fuels

• Natural gas

• Renewable resource

• Nonrenewable resources

If a rock contains fossils of salt water plants and shells. What does this tell us about the rock?_

• Info about the past environment, where animals came from, and what they looked like

• The rock was once at the bottom of the sea

• Sedimentary

• The imprint or remains of plants and animals

If an insect gets trapped in a yellow, hardened tree resin. What is this yellow, hardened tree resin called?

• Amber

• Sedimentary

• Trace fossils

• Tree barks

What Are The Three Main Types Of Rocks?

• Igneous, Depository, Metamorphic

• Depository, Igneous, Sedimentary

• Metamorphic, Igneous, Depository

• Igneous, Metamorphic, Sedimentary

What are the four characteristics used to classify rocks?

• Formation, mineral composition, erosion

• Formation, mineral composition, texture, color

• Streak, mineral composition, color, texture

• Formation, mineral composition, texture, erosion

The rocks cycle follows a specific order?

• True

• False

What are grains?

• The grains are the particles of minerals that give a rock its texture

• Lines

• Bumps, lines, and dots

• It's chemical composition