Rocks and Fossils

Fossils found in layers closest to the surface are usually ____________ than fossils that are found in deeper layers of rocks

• lighter

• younger

• older

• heavier

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What can change Earth's surface?

• lakes

• hills

• mountains

• earthquakes

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Fossils give scientists information about ______________ of the past.

• water

• sediments

• environments

• ammonites

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__________ and _________ deposit most of the sediments (choose 2 answers)

• sediments

• water

• forces

• wind

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It can take millions of years for sediment to become _________.

• ammonites

• rocks

• mountains

• islands

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__________ can slowly form when enough underwater rock builds up to reach above the ocean surface.

• Ammonites

• Islands

• Plains

• Sediments

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Ammonite fossils are found on _______ land.

• huge

• plain

• dry

• wet

These types of rocks form from sediments that are pressed together in layers

• sedimentary

• fossils

• volcanoes

• islands

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Remains or imprints of living things from the past preserved in sedimentary rocks

• volcanoes

• fossils

• ammonites

• rocks

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Tiny bits of soil or rock that has been broken down and deposited

• volcanoes

• ammonites

• sediments

• fossils

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