Sedimentary Rocks and Fossil Fuels Vocabulary

The remains of a plant or animal that lived long ago.

• loam

• fossil

• imprint

• humus

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS4-1

NGSS.MS-LS4-2

Materials made of very small grains of minerals.

• Humus

• Loam

• sedimentary rock

• Clay

The breakdown of rocks into small pieces from wind, water and ice.

• soil texture

• decay

• weathering

• imprint

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

To rot or break down into small parts.

• decay

• soil

• loam

• humus

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

Small pieces of rock.

• humus

• sedimentary rock

• sediment

• loam

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

Rocks that from when sediments are pressed together.

• Fossil

• Soil Texture

• Sediment

• Sedimentary Rock

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

Soil rich in nutrients that is good for plant growth.

• Sediments

• Loam

• Soil Texture

• Decay

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-1

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

A material made up of tiny pieces of weathered rock.

• Soil Texture

• Soil

• Humus

• Clay

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

The size of soil particles

• Fossil

• Soil

• Weathering

• Soil Texture

Decaying plant and animals in the soil.

• Loam

• Fossil

• Humus

• Decay

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-3