3rd grade earth and rocks

Example

Is this rock permeable or impermeable: marble?

1. Impermeable rocks have no gaps for water to pass through.
2. So the answer is: impermeable (does not let water through)

Answer: impermeable (does not let water through)

Example

In how a sea shell becomes a fossil, what happens straight after "the sediment slowly turns into rock"?

1. a sea creature dies → its shell sinks to the sea floor → layers of sediment cover it → the sediment slowly turns into rock → the fossil is found in the rock millions of years later
2. So the answer is: the fossil is found in the rock millions of years later

Answer: the fossil is found in the rock millions of years later

Example

What does this fossil evidence tell us: fossil fish in rocks on dry land?

1. Fish need water, so water once covered the area.
2. So the answer is: there was once a lake or sea there

Answer: there was once a lake or sea there

Example

Which living thing is most similar to this fossil: woolly mammoth?

1. Both have trunks and tusks; mammoths had long hair for cold climates.
2. So the answer is: elephant

Answer: elephant