Rocks and Fossils

Rock made of layers of compressed sediments

• metamorphic rock
• igneous rock
• sedimentary rock
• school house rock

Which layer of sedimentary rock is the oldest?

• A
• B
• D
• F

Small pieces of rock, sand, silt is called?

• weathering
• sediment

Sedimentary rocks are often formed in layers.

• True 
• False

Fossils are only found in sedimentary rocks.

• True
• False

How do scientists learn about dinosaurs?

• by studying fossils

• by looking at pictures

Fossils give clues about the past.

• True
• False

……………… is a remain or a trace of a living thing that lived very long ago.

• Ice

• Extinct

• Fossil

fossils found in layers closest to the surface are usually _______ than fossils that are found in deeper layers of rock

• older

• younger

• bigger

Ammonites inform us that the land was once covered by _______

• dust

• plants

• water