Rocks and Fossils Lesson

Which layer is the oldest?

• Layer A

• Layer D

• Layer F

• Layer C

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-4

Which Layer is the youngest?

• Layer X

• Layer Z

• Layer W

• Layer Y

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-4

Lava cools to create which type of rock?

• Metamorphic

• Sedimentary

• Igneous

Which rock is made of layers?

• Metamorphic

• Igneous

• Sedimentary

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-4

What are rocks?

• Soft stuff on earth

• Gases made of oxygen

• non-living solids made of minerals

• Frozen Liquids

Fossils are likely to be made from

• Igneous Rock

• Muscle

• Bone

• Metamorphic Rock

How does sedimentary rock become metamorphic?

• Being Burned

• Erosion

• Melting into magma

• Heat and Pressure

What can we learn from fossils?

• The effect of earthquakes

• How living things change over time.

• What animals will look like in the future

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NGSS.MS-LS4-1

NGSS.MS-LS4-2

What happens first when a fossil is created?

• Bone turns to rock

• Soft body parts decay

• Years sediment pile up

• An animal dies

What was the environment for Layer W like?

• A forest

• Underwater

• A desert

• A jungle

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-4

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2