Are bones an example of a

body or trace fossil?

Answer: Body Fossil

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Are footprints an example of

a body or trace fossil?
Answer: Trace Fossil

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Does the Rock Cycle ever

end?
Answer:No

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How can a person distinguish the

difference between a cast and mold
fossil based on their characteristics?
Answer: The cast fossil is raised and
the mold fossil is indented

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In which type of rock are

fossils found in?
Answer: Sedimentary

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List at least 2 of the 4 properties

that rocks have.
Answer: Hardness, Luster, Streak,
and Color
(player must say at least 2)

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Name one type of trace

fossil.
Answer: Mold or Cast Fossil

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Trait that tells you

something about an object?
Answer: Property

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True or False? There are many

types of igneous rocks depending
on how the rock was melted and
then cooled.
Answer: True

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Type of metamorphic rock

that generally do not form
layers?
Answer: Non-Foliated

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What are cast fossils filled in

with before fossilization?
Answer: Minerals

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What are the smaller pieces or

rocks that have been
weathered and eroded over
time?
Answer: Sediments

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What are the three types of

rocks?
Answer: Metamorphic,
Sedimentary, and Igneous

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What are the two ways to

classify types of fossils?
Answer: Body or Trace
Fossil?

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What describes how easily a

mineral is scratched?
Answer: Hardness

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What describes how

minerals reflect light?
Answer: Luster

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What information do fossils give

us about the Earth long ago?
Answer: The organisms and the
environment

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What is a solid that is made

of many different minerals
and formed on Earth?
Answer: Rock

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What is it called when a

mineral breaks along a flat
surface?
Answer: Cleavage

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What is it called when an organism

dies and sediment enters the body and
minerals often enter the pores of the
organisms and replace the tissue?
Answer: Permineralization

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What is the name given to

melted rocks?
Answer: Magma

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What is the name of a

scientist who studies
fossils?
Answer: Paleontologist

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What is the name of the

trace fossil that gets filled in
with minerals before
fossilization?
Answer: Cast Fossil

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What is the same of a

scientist who studies rock
and land to learn about
Earth?
Answer: Geologist

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What is the sequence of events

involving the formation, alteration,
destruction, and reformation of rocks
as a result of natural processes?
Answer: Rock Cycle

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What property describes

how an object feels?
Answer: Texture

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What rock is formed from

cooled magma?
Answer: Igneous

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What two elements of nature

cause erosion
Answer: Wind and Water

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What type of fossil is the

actual remains of an
organism?
Answer: Body Fossil

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What type of igneous rock is

formed when lava cools
above ground?
Answer: Extrusive

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Which rock is formed by years

and years of sediment
compacting and eroding over
time?
Answer: Sedimentary

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Which rocks are given the

nickname "Sandwich rocks"
Answer: Sedimentary Rocks

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Which type of metamorphic rock can

have smooth dull surfaces, can be
glossy, sometimes have layers that
look like stripes, and can be wavy or
crinkly?
Answer: Foliated

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Which type of rock is formed when

either an igneous or sedimentary
rock has been changed by heat,
pressure, or both?
Answer: Metamorphic

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Which types of rocks go

through the Rock Cycle?
Answer: All rock types

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