something you figure out based on observations and information you already know

• environment

• inference

• observation

• claim

to stick together in the process of forming a rock

• compact

• cement

• sediment

• environment

clue about life from the past that is preserved in rock

• fossil

• cement

• sedimentary rock

• rock layer

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

NGSS.MS-LS4-1

NGSS.MS-LS4-2

the use of evidence to say why one idea is best

• observation

• inference

• claim

• argument

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-4

NGSS.MS-PS2-4

NGSS.MS-PS3-5

to press together

• rock layer

• fossil

• compact

• cement

small pieces of rock such as silt and sand

• cement

• rock layer

• sedimentary rock

• sediment

all living and non living things in one area

• fossil

• environment

• sediment

• inference

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

a proposed answer to a question

• claim

• observation

• inference

• argument

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-4

NGSS.MS-LS2-4

NGSS.MS-PS3-5

something you notice using any of the five senses

• sediment

• environment

• claim

• observation

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

a thick sheet of rock formed from the same material

• rock layer

• sediment

• sedimentary rock

• fossil

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-4