Review Game 05.28

These big sections of exposed rock is called what?

• a river of fossils

• a rocky thing

• a rocky outcrop

• exposed cliff

A scientist who studies the processes and materials that form the solid part of Earth is called what?

• Earth scientists

• Geo dudes

• Geologists

• Rock doctors

How do fossils form? (Click all that apply)

• an organism dies

• covered in sediment

• over time turns to rock

• sunlight

• water for the roots to grow

Click on all the statements that are examples of INFERENCES

• This fossil is a frog.

• The fossil is from an animal that hopped.

• The fossil has bones.

• This animal lived near water.

What is a model?

• something you figure out based on observations and information you already know

• only geologist use this to communicate how sound waves are formed

• something scientists make to answer questions about the real world

• a picture with detailed labels of the observations made

What is sediment?

• smallest unit of life

• small pieces of rock, such as silt or sand

• structures of living organisms

• air particles

What is a fossil?

• a clue about life from the past that is preserved in rock

• a valley with steep sides made of rock

• a section of exposed rock

• a thick sheet of rock formed from the same material

Geologists use __________________ of fossils to make inferences about organisms that lived long ago.

• structures

• observations

• inferences

• materials

Sedimentary rock forms when sediment builds up in _________ and is covered with more sediment.

• water

• land

• air

• ice cream

A sedimentary rock layer forms when sediment sinks and builds up in water, _____________ under more sediment, and cements over time.

• compacts

• turns

• press down

• jumps