Amplify - Earth's Features - Chapter 2 Vocabulary

Front

All the living and nonliving things in an area

Back

Environment

Front

Geologists use _______ of and ideas about rocks and fossils to make inferences about past environments.

Back

observations

Front

Different _______ build up in different environments. Therefore, different kinds of sedimentary rock form in different environments.

Back

sediments

Front

What type of rock is most likely to form in an environment with slow moving water?

Back

Siltstone

Front

Different sedimentary rock layers in a place mean that the environment in that place has ________.

Back

changed

Front

staying mostly the same

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stable

Front

Rock layers form when sediment gets (a)_______ by the sediment above it and (b)______ together to form a layer of rock.

Back

(a) compacted, (b) cements

Front

Ocean, floodplain, rainforest and beach are all examples of...?

Back

Environments

Front

If we see different kinds of rock layers in one location, what can we infer about what has happened in that location over time?

Back

The sea level has changed

Front

How do rocks provide information about what an environment was like in the past?

Back

Different sediment builds up in different environments. Therefore, different kinds of sedimentary rocks form in different environments.