MOVING ROCKS &

FOSSILS
CHEMISTRY PROJECT
DEFINITION OF MOVING ROCKS

• Fragments of rocks can be moved away by water, gravity, wind and this is
called erosion / moving rocks

Moving Rocks
DEFINITION OF FOSSILS

• Dead animals & plants that have turned into rocks and mostly found in
limestone.

Fossils of T- Rex
QUESTION 1.
Q. What does ‘deposition’ mean?
A. When the river flows slower, some
rocks are too heavy to be carried, this
is called deposition
QUESTION 2.
Q. Explain why some rocks fragments are
carried further than others?
A. Because some rocks are lighter and it
is carried by a fast flowing river.
QUESTION 3.
Q. Where are there layers of sediment laid
down over many years, which layer is the
oldest? Give a reason for your answer.
A. The Bottom, because the bottom
were deposited before the ones on
top.
QUESTION 4.
Q. What is meant by ‘abrasion’?
A. Abrasion is when the fragments rub
against each other, the edges become
smoother.
QUESTION 5.
Q. What is a Fossil?
A. Fossil are the remains of living
organisms that have changed to rock.
QUESTION 6.
Q. Which type of rock are fossils found in?
A. Fossils are found in limestone.
QUESTION 7.
Q. Describe how fossils are made.
A. Fossils are made when animals and
plants die.
QUESTION 8.
Q. How do we know that coal was not
formed in seas?
A. Coal sometimes contains Fossils of
plants that looks like Fern, so it cant
be formed from the under the sea.
QUESTION 9.
Q. What do fossils tell us?
A. Fossils tell us about the plants and
animals that lived millions of years
ago.
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