Through the Eyes of a Geologist vocab matching

Which is the correct definition of a fossil?

• A thick sheet of rock formed from the same material

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

• Small pieces of rock, such as silt or sand

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NGSS.MS-LS4-1

NGSS.MS-LS4-2

What does it mean to compact something?

• To use any of the five senses to gather information about something

• To press together

• A type of rock that forms when lava cools

What does it mean when particles cement?

• Small pieces of rock, such as silt or sand

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

• To stick together in the process of forming rock

What is a geologist?

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

• A type of rock that forms when lava cools

• To figure something out based on observations and what you already know

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-4

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

What is a floodplain?

• A type of rock that forms when lava cools

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

• Flat land around a river that gets flooded sometimes

What is the environment?

• All the living and nonliving things in an area

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

• A thick sheet of rock formed from the same material

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-4

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

What is sediment?

• All the living and nonliving things in an area

• Small pieces of rock, such as silt or sand

• All the living and nonliving things in an area

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

What does it mean to infer?

• To figure something out based on observations and what you already know

• To press together

• To use any of the five senses to gather information about something

What is volcanic rock?

• A thick sheet of rock formed from the same material

• Flat land around a river that gets flooded sometimes

• A type of rock that forms when lava cools

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-4

What does it mean to observe?

• To stick together in the process of forming rock

• To press together

• To use any of the five senses to gather information about something

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NGSS.4-LS1-2