Unit 3 Earth's Features- Chapter 1

Choose the OBSERVATIONS.

• The fossil is a frog.

• The fossil is a skeleton,

• The animal lived near water

• The fossil is 7 inches long

• The fossil has two short legs and two long legs.

Choose all the INFERENCES.

• The fossil is surrounded by brown rock.

• The animal was covered with sediment.

• The fossil is from an animal that hopped.

• The fossil is 7 inches long.

• The animal lived near water.

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NGSS.MS-LS4-1

Observation

• Something you notice using any of the 5 senses.

• Something you figure out based on observations and information you already know.

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NGSS.1-ESS1-1

NGSS.K-ESS2-1

Inference

• Something you notice using any of the 5 senses.

• Something you figure out based on observations and information you already know.

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NGSS.MS-LS2-4

A scientist who studies the process and materials that form the solid part of Earth.

• Anthropologist

• Geologist

• Archaeologist

A clue about life from the past that is preserved in rock.

• Inference

• Fossil

• Observation

• Cement

Something scientists make to help them answer questions about the real world.

• Fossil

• Observation

• Inference

• Model

Small pieces of rock, such as gravel or sand.

• Fossil

• Compact

• Sediment

• Cement

To push down or press together over time.

• Compact

• Cement

• Fossil

• Model

To stick together in the process of forming rock.

• Sediment

• Compact

• Cement

• Sedimentary Rock