Amplify Earth Processes Vocabulary

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New rock layers form on ______ of existing rock layers.

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top

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Lower rock layers are _____ than the layers above them.

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older

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The environments that lower rock layers formed in came _______.

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earlier

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Geologists observe the order of rock layers to ______ the order of past environments.

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infer

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The use of evidence to say why one idea is the best.

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argument

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a proposed answer to a question

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claim

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Information that supports an answer to a question

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evidence

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a clue about life from the past that is preserved in rock

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fossil

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a scientist who studies the processes and materials that form the solid part of Earth

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geologist

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to figure something out based on observations and what you already know

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infer