Amplify-Earth's Features Vocab

Select the word that means: a scientist who studies the processes and materials that form the solid part of the Earth

• geologist

• scientist

• botanist

• engineer

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

NGSS.MS-ESS3-1

Select the word that means: a clue about life from the past that is preserved in rock

• fossil

• model

• sediment

• evidence

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS4-1

NGSS.MS-LS4-2

Select the word that means: something you figure out based on observations and information you already know

• inference

• claim

• argument

• evidence

Select the word that means: something you noticed using any of the five senses

• observation

• argument

• inference

• evidence

Tags

NGSS.3-PS2-2

NGSS.4-ESS2-1

Select the word that means: something scientists make to answer questions about the real world

• model

• fossil

• argument

• observation

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

NGSS.MS-ETS1-4

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

NGSS.MS-PS1-1

NGSS.MS-PS3-2

Select the word that means: small pieces of rock, such a silt or sand

• sediment

• cement

• rock layer

• erosion

Select the word that means: a type of rock formed from sediment that compacts and cements over time

• sedimentary

• cement

• lava

• sediment

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

Select the word that means: to stick together in the process of forming rock

• cement

• compact

• sediment

• rock layer

Select the word that means: to press together

• compact

• rock layer

• erosion

• cement

Select the word that means: a thick sheet of rock formed from the same material

• rock layer

• sediment

• cement

• fossil

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-4