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What is petrified
Means turned to stone
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What is cast
Fossils formed or shaped within a mold
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What is weathering and erosion
Using the Rock Cycle diagram, what causes metamorphic rock to become a sediment
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What is igneous
Most rocks are classified as which type of rock?
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What is igneous, sedimentary, and metamorphic
Name the 3 types of rocks
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What is Sedimentary Rocks
Rock formed when bits or layers of rocks are cemented together
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What is a mineral
A naturally occurring substance that is neither plant nor animal
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What is cooling
Using the Rock Cycle diagram, what causes magma to become an igneous rock
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What is geologist
Scientists who study the physical properties of rocks are called _________.
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What is sedimentary
Which rock is formed in layers
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What is rock cycle
A never-ending process by which rocks are changed from one type into another
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What is relative age
This rock is younger than this rock is an example of
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What is clean up bits of rock from bones
Name the 2nd step of how fossils are displayed at a museum
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What is mold
A hollow fossil form clearly showing the outside features.
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What is plants
a fossil with flat teeth and weak jaw probably ate
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What is amber
Hardened tree sap, often a source of insect fossils
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What is tiny holes in the wood or bones are filled by minerals
When wood or bones become petrified, this happens..
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What is:
-Amphibians are older than mammals or -Mammals are younger than amphibians
Using the following diagram, what can you infer about amphibians compared to mammals using relative age (be specific).
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What is frozen
Most mammoths are preserved by being _______
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What is...
-walking or running -walking on two or four legs
Name 1 thing other than size that you can tell from animal tracks and footprints
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What is igneous rock
Fire made rock formed from hot, molten material
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What is luster, hardness, streak, or color
Name 3 properties used to identify minerals
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What is slowly
Large crystals from when magma cools.....quickly or slowly?
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What is imprint
a fossil created by a print or impression of an organism
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What is sedimentary rock
Sediments press into _________ (what does it becomes?)
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