Unit 3 Earths History

process undergone by rocks in the earths crust.

• metamorphic rock

• sedimentary rock

• igneous rock

• rock cycle

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

rock that has formed from sediment deposited by water or air.

• metamorphic rock

• sedimentary rock

• index fossil

• igneous rock

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

formed other rocks that are changed because of heat or pressure.

• metamorphic rock

• fossil

• cementation

• cast fossil

the remains of a pre-hsitoric organism.

• casts fossil

• trace fossil

• fossil

• index fossil

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NGSS.MS-LS4-1

NGSS.MS-LS4-2

when a fossil molds underground is filled with sediment to form a fossil in the shape of animal bones.

• cast fossil

• trace fossil

• index fossil

• petrified fossil

fossil of a foot print.

• index fossil

• trace fossil

• petrified fossils

• cast fossil

a fossil that is useful for dating

• index fossil

• petrified fossil

• trace fossil

• cast fossil

oldest rock on bottom, newer on top

• law of uniformitarianism

• law of super position

• correlation

• pangea

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-4

The process of determining an age on a specified chronologically archeology and geology.

• absolute dating

• sea floor spreading

• contential drift

• correlation

The process of wearing or being worn by long exposure to the atmosphere.

• erosion

• weathering

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2