Fossils and Dinosaurs

God placed many interesting and valuable treasures within the Earth's layers of sedimentary rock. Identify each of these below.

🔴​ (a)   is a black or brown rock-like substance found in layers of rock all over the world, and in many countries, it is burned to heat homes.

🔴​ (b)   is the most valuable resource in the world, and in its natural source, it's called ​ (c)   or crude oil.

🔴​ A flow of warm or hot water that bubbles up to the surface in a spring is called warm or​ (d)   . An underground spring that shoots streams of boiling water is a ​ (e)   .

• Coal

• Oil

• Petroleum

• Hot springs

• Geyser

What is the name of the famous geyser in Yellowstone National Park that shoots 4,000 to 7,000 gallons of water about 150 feet into the air?

• Grand Geyser
• Castle Geyser
• Old Yellowstone

• Old Faithful

Unusual rock formations are sometimes found in caves.

🔶 (a)   look like stone icicles hanging from the roof of the cave and are formed when water carrying dissolved minerals seeps through the roof of the cave. Droplets of water that evaporate before they have a chance to fall leave behind the material which forms these formations.

🔶 (b)   are stone formations growing up from the floor of the cave and are also formed from dripping water that evaporates and leaves behind minerals. The mineral deposit on the floor under a constant drip eventually forms a mound of rock.

🔶 Sometimes the two grow together and form a (c)   which reaches from the ceiling to the ground.

• Stalactites

• Stalagmites

• Column

Answer explanation

A way to remember that stalactites are found on the ceiling and stalagmites are found on the ground: Stalactites must hold on tight to stay on the ceiling.

**Most caves are hollowed out of limestone.

**The longest cave is the Mammoth-Flint-Ridge-Jappa cave system in Kentucky, a 348 mile series of chambers and passages.

People who enjoy exploring caves are called ______.

• cavers

• spelunkers

• paleontologists

• explorers

🔷Preserved remains of plants and animals are called (a)   .

🔷Plant and animal remains that have turned to stone are called (b)   .

🔷Fossils that are formed when buried by mud that quickly hardens are called (c)   . Sometimes scientists fill the areas with material such as plaster or wax that will harden to form (d)   .

🔷Fossils that are formed when the mud that contained the imprint hardens are called (e)   .

• fossils
• petrified fossils
• molds
• prints
• casts

What is the hardened sap in which some insects have been preserved?

• Amber
• Resin
• Tar
• Wax

Answer explanation

Some insects have been found preserved in Amber, the hardened sap of certain trees.

Scientists who study fossils are called ______.

• geologists
• archaeologists
• paleontologists
• spelunkers

Virtually all fossils are found in ______ rock.

• igneous
• metamorphic
• sedimentary
• volcanic

What are two substances where whole animals have been preserved?

• Ice

• Sand

• Water

• Tar

Answer explanation

In the icy cold region of Siberia, a whole woolly mammoth was discovered preserved in ice.

Who would have been the first man to view a mighty dinosaur?

• Adam

• Noah

• Job

• David

Answer explanation

On the 6th day of creation, God created animals which was the day dinosaurs came into being. Along with dinosaurs and all the other animals, God brought each of them to Adam to name. So Adam, and later Eve, must have seen these gigantic creations of God.