Earth History 1

formed through the cooling and solidification of magma or lava.

• igneous rock

• metamorphic rock

• The Rock

• minerals

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_________________is the transporting of broken down pieces.

• Chemical Weathering

• Mechanical Weathering

• Erosion

• All of the Above

type of rock which has been changed by extreme heat and pressure

• metamorphic rock

• mold fossil

• volcano

• igneous rock

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The single land mass that existed about 245 million years ago is named what?

• Fossil
• Pangea
• Bob
• Tectonic plates

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When all of a species of an organism is dead it is called...

• fossil
• extinction
• endangered

_____________________ is the breaking down or dissolving of rock, minerals and sediments on the Earth’s surface.

• weathering

• erosion

• atmosphere

• geosphere

Weathering and erosion are different because weathering is breaking down rocks and erosion is transporting those broken down pieces.

• True

• False

What kind of fossil is this? 

• body fossil
• mold fossil
• a really cool fossil
• amber fossil

What is an amber fossil?

• It is a fossil made when an insect gets trapped in sticky tree sap and dies. Then the sap hardens.
• It is a fossil made when a dinosaur gets trapped in sticky mud and dies. Then the mud hardens. 
• This fossil is made from rocks and dead trees.
• This fossil is very valuable because it is yellow colored. 

What is a person who studies fossils called? 

• paleontologist
• physicist
• scientist
• astronomer

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