 If you were a tomato plant, what type of soil would you most likely want to grow in?  Sand  Clay  Loam  Silt

 From the surface, digging down, in what order would you find the three main categories of dirt here on earth.  Subsoil, topsoil, bedrock  Topsoil, subsoil, bedrock  Bedrock, topsoil, subsoil  Topsoil, bedrock, subsoil

 Which type of soil is made up of the smallest particles?  Sand  Silt  Clay

 Which type of soil is made up of the largest particles?  Silt  Sand  Clay

 Which type of soil is made up of dead plant and animal parts?  Sand  Silt  Clay  Humus

 Which layer of soil is the best to grow plants in?  Bedrock  Subsoil  Topsoil  Sand

 What kind of rock are you most likely to find fossils in?  Igneous  Sedimentary  Metamorphic  granite

 The process of rocks breaking apart in nature, over time, is called  Erosion  Fossilization  Weathering  exploration

 What are the three main types of rocks?  Granite, diamonds, mica  Sandstone, limestone, feldspar  Metamorphic, igneous, sedimentary  Rocks, minerals, fossils

 All rocks are  Made up of minerals  Expensive when they are made into jewelry  Pretty  Worth money

 Minerals are best defined as  Rocks in the ground  A solid, found in nature, that is not living  Good to eat  Things are different colors

 What type of rock has been changed by pressure and temperature – or heat?  Sedimentary  Metamorphic  Igneous

 What do we call the washing away and wearing away of soil over time – for example, in a flood?  Excessive rain  Flooding  Erosion  metamorphosis

 Sedimentary rock forms by which of the following processes?  Erosion  Breaking apart  Heating and hardening  layering

 Extinct means  No longer in existence – all gone forever  Endangered  Imaginary  Very rare

 What evidence lets us learn about things that are now extinct?  Fossils  The internet  Bill Nye the science guy  Sponge Bob Square Pants

 What are three attributes of rocks that scientists observe, in order to identify and classify rocks?  Green, red, blue  Texture, feeling, smell  Color, texture, hardness  Harness, softness, chalkiness

 What might you conclude if you found fossils of sea shells outside your school?  The beach is close by.  Shells are so cool!  The area at the school was underwater millions of years ago.  The area at the school was never near water

 A ditch on the playground, where the water runs from the pavement keeps getting deeper, and deeper and wider and wider each time it rains. What is causing this?  Kids are digging the dirt.  Rain water is eroding the land near the ditch.  Bulldozers must be working near the ditch.  The ditch needs to be deeper.

 Fossils are not found in metamorphic rock because  All metamorphic rock is under water.  Animals don’t like metamorphic rock.  Metamorphic rocks are never found.  Metamorphic rocks are made with pressure and heat, which would destroy any fossils.

 If you found hot weather animal fossils in a place on earth that is now very cold and covered with ice, you might conclude  That the weather was much warmer there millions of years ago.  That the temperature was the same everywhere.  That the animals were lost.  That polar bears are really cute.

 The hardened remains of a living thing that lived long, long ago (plant or animal) are called  Erosion  Fossils  Rocks and minerals  metamorphic