Evidence from rocks and fossils

Which layer contains the youngest fossils?

• 1

• 2

• 4

If a fern fossil is found in a rock layer lower than a fossil of a small fish, the fern is probably .

• older

• younger

Most fossils are found in………………………

• Sandy layers

• Clayey layers

• Rocky layers

Sara saw an exhibit at the science center on Earth's surface. She learned that Earth's surface has changed over time.What evidence has been collected by scientists to support this theory?

• Ancient people left photographs of Earth's surface behind for scientists.

• Fossils have been found that give clues to what Earth's surface looked like many years ago.

• Palaeontologists have studied Earth's surface in the past and present and see no changes.

Dead remains of plants and animals that lived long time ago is

• Fossils

• Sedimentary rock

• Sediments

Scientist who study about fossils are called

• Cartographer

• Paleontologist

• Seismologist

Scientists can determine the relative age of fossils based on

• The type of rock in which they are found

• The layer of rock in which they are found.

• The colour of rock in which they are found.

The island of Hawaii was formed by

• Volcanic eruption

• Earthquake

• Flow of river

_________________ form from sediments that are cemented or pressed together.

• Sediments

• Fossils

• Sedimentary rocks

Fossils give scientist information about environment of the

• Past

• Present

• Future