Science Baseline

this type of fossil provides evidence of the activities of ancient organisms; examples include marks left by footprints or tails

• mold

• carbon film

• trace

• cast

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS4-1

Donna wants to make something that looks like a fossil. Which should she do?

• mix sand and clay and let it dry
• cover a seed with soil and water it
• push a shell into clay and pull it out
• wrap a leaf around a rock and freeze it

Fossils are usually found in 

• igneous rock
• extrusions
• intrusions
• sedimentary rock

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS4-1

Which fossil layer is the youngest? 

• A. Layer A
• B. Layer B
• C. Layer C
• D. Layer D

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-4

Which rock layer contains the newest fossils?

• F
• E
• B
• C

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-4

Which layer formed first?

• Rock Layer W
• Rock Layer X
• Rock Layer Y
• Rock Layer Z

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-4

Weathering, Erosion, and Deposition are examples of ________ changes in the Earth's surface.

• Fast

• Very fast

• Super fast

• slow

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

The dropping off of sediments in a new place is called __________.

• weathering

• deposition

• sedimentary rock

• drop off zone

_________is the movement of sediment from one place to another.

• Erosion

• Weathering

• Deposition

• Movin on up!

Weathering is the breaking down of rock into ___________.

• boulders

• sediment

• ice

• mountains