Earth Science Jeopardy

Earth Science JeopardyROCKS Soil Fossils Resources Grab Bag

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A substance found in nature that is not plant or animal.

A type of rock that forms when melted rock cools and hardens

Forms when sand, mud, pebbles, tine sea creatures at the bottom of rivers, lakes, and oceans

A rock type formed when rock is squeezed and heated deep inside the earth

A metamorphic rock formed from limestone

A substance made of many different materials including small rocks, sand, clay, minerals, silt, and humus

A material that was once living or was formed by living things

A type of soil that is formed of clay and sand

The layer of soil we walk on

The layer of soil found directly beneath topsoil

Imprint or remains of something that lived long ago

Hardened tree sap that sometimes contains the remains of fossils

Shallow marks left in solid rock by living things that existed long ago

An empty space in rock where something once was

A fossil made inside a mold, form when minerals seep into the mold then harden

Materials of the Earth that are necessary or useful to humans

Coal, oil, minerals, trees, air, water

A resource that can be replaced or used over and over

A resource that cannot be reused or replaced easily

Harmful materials added to water, land or air

A picture showing the layers of soil

The type of scientist who studies rocks

Melted rock under the surface of Earth

A word that means change in form

A material that can be added to soil to make plants grow healthier