Earth Science Part 2-Soils and Fossil

A mixture of sand, silt, clay, rock, and humus

• rocks

• soil

• humus

• clay

The top layer of soil

• topsoil

• soil

• subsoil

• bedrock

A component of soil made by the weathering of rocks into tiny grains; has a rough and gritty texture

• loam

• soil

• clay

• sand

A component of soil made of very tiny grains; sticky and soft when wet but turns hard when dry

• loam

• soil

• clay

• sand

Soil made up of an equal mixture of sand, clay, silt, and organic matter

• loam

• soil

• clay

• sand

To hold inside, as soil does with water

• thrive

• retain

• water

• hold

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

what a surface looks like and feels like

• texture

• retain

• fossil

• luster

Tags

NGSS.5-PS1-3

A preserved part or trace of an animal or plant that lived in the past

• dinosaur

• weathering

• fossil

• amber

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS4-1

NGSS.MS-LS4-2

Information that supports an idea

• dinosaur

• evidence

• fossil

• amber

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS4-1

NGSS.MS-LS4-2

the particular order of objects, movements, and events

• main idea

• sequence

• retain

• context clues