Earth's Features Review

Something you notice using any of the five senses.

• geologist

• fossil

• inference

• observation

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NGSS.MS-LS1-8

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

• geologist

• fossil

• inference

• observation

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

NGSS.MS-LS4-1

NGSS.MS-LS4-2

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

• geologist

• fossil

• inference

• model

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

a type of rock formed from sediment that compacts and cements over time.

• model

• sedimentary rock

• cement

• rock layer

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

to stick together in the process of forming rock.

• cement

• compact

• rock layer

• sediment

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

small pieces of rock, such as silt or sand.

• sedimentary rock

• sediment

• rock layer

• compact

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

• fossil

• observation

• model

• inference

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NGSS.MS-LS2-4

NGSS.MS-LS4-2

to press together.

• rock layer

• compact

• cement

• sediment

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

something scientists make to answer questions about the real world.

• observation

• model

• inference

• geologist

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

NGSS.MS-ETS1-4

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

A thick sheet of rock formed from the same material.

• sedimentary rock

• rock layer

• sediment

• cement

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2