Question 1

What are the preserved traces of animals and plants that lived long ago called

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fossils

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decay

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layers

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sediments

Question 2

What are small pieces of rock called?

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sediments

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imprint

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weathering

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fossil

Question 3

Rocks made of layers of compressed sediments are called?

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sedimentary rock

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metamorphic rock

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fossil

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decay

Question 4

If looking at layers of sediment in the Earth, which layer is the youngest?

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the top

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the bottom

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the second from the botttom

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the middle

Question 5

What processes happen inside the Earth when making sedimentary rocks?

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heat and pressure

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weathering

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deposition

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erosion

Question 6

If you found a fern leaf fossil what could you infer about the area where it was found?

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a forest was once there

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an ocean was once there

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a desert was once there

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an ice glacier was once there

Question 7

Where was natural gas and oil formed?

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bottom of oceans

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bottom of lakes

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bottom of swamps

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bottom of river

Question 8

If you found a Wooly Mammoth tusk in the desert, what would you infer about the area?

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it was once cold

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it was always a desert

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it was once a swamp

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it was once an ocean

Question 9

Coal was formed where?

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swamps

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rivers

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lakes

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oceans

Question 10

If you find a shell fossil in the forest, what must the area have been millions of years ago?

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ocean

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forest

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mountain

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desert

Question 11

Cementation is part of the sedimentary rock process that helps "glue" sediments together.

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true

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false

Question 12

What part of the rock cycle drops sediments in a new place?

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deposition

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weathering

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erosion

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compaction

Question 13

What part of the rock cycle breaks down rock into smaller pieces?

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weathering

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deposition

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erosion

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compaction

Question 14

What part of the rock cycle process moves the sediments from once place to another?

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erosion

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compaction

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deposition

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weathering

Question 15

To make a sedimentary rock it takes...

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millions of years

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years

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days

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weeks

Question 16

What is compaction in the sedimentary rock process?

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squeeze together

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stick together

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move it

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heat up

Question 17

By studying fossils, what can we learn?

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wat lived there many years ago

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what color the organism was

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what the weather was of the area

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how the Earth moved

Question 18

Oil and natural gas are formed in the same manner

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true

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false

Question 19

Coal was formed from decayed what?

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plants

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plants and animals

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animals

Question 20

Oil and natural gas was formed from decayed what?

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plants and animals

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animals

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plants

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