Fossils and Sedimentary Rocks

sedimentary rocks often contain fossils.

• True

• False

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Which one is the definition of sedimentary rocks

• bark, leaves or mayonnaise that has been carried around the earth.

• Rocks, sand or dirt that has been carried to place by water, wind, or glacier

• dirt that sits for millions of years

• eroded dirt

A excavation site is...

• where nerds look for nerd stuff

• where scientists test dangerous chemicals

• where you mine for cookies

• A place where scientists look for ancient remains

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Fossils are...

• Your parents

• The remains or traces of an animal or plant from millions of years ago, preserved as a rock

• animal droppings that are old

• animal skulls

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Which Rock Family Contains Fossils

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Remains of living things embedded or imprinted in a sedimentary rock are called

• fossils

• geodes

• strata

• clasts

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Answer this prompt in at least 3 sentences.

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Where are most fossils found?

• In sand dunes

• In volcanoes

• In igneous rocks 

• In sedimentary rocks 

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In which kind of rock do we usually find a fossil?

• sedimentary  rock

• metamorphic rock

• igneous rock

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Match the following Word Associations

• Layers

• Cemented

• Stick Together

• Fossils

• Dead Plants and Animals

• Dead Organisms

• Push Down

• Sedimentary Rock

• Decaying/Past

• Compact

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