Earth's Landscapes

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What is the study of fossils called?

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Paleontology

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What evidence shows that a place was once under the ocean?

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A shark tooth

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Where does silt surrounding fossils come from?

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The ocean

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What caused the Sharktooth Hill bone bed to form?

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A river stopped and started flowing

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What is a rock layer with lots of skeletons called?

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Bone bed

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What are fossils?

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Fossils are the remains or traces of ancient living things preserved in rocks.

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What is sediment?

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Sediment is small pieces of rock, soil, and organic material that can settle at the bottom of water bodies.

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What is a dinosaur?

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Dinosaurs are a group of reptiles that lived millions of years ago, some of which were very large.

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What is an ocean?

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An ocean is a large body of saltwater that covers most of the Earth's surface.

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What is a glacier?

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A glacier is a large mass of ice that moves slowly over land.