Earth's Features Chapter 1 Vocabulary

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

• Geologist

• Anthropologist

• Chemist

• Mrs. Birdsong

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Something you notice using any of the five senses.

• Inference

• Observation

• Smell

• Realization

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Small pieces of rock, such as silt or sand.

• Cement

• Sand

• Sediment

• Boulder

Something scientists make to answer questions about the real world.

• Notebook

• Hammer

• Globe

• Model

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

• Gravel

• Plant

• Fossil

• Artifact

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A type or rock formed from sediment that compacts and cements over time

• Sedimentary Rock

• Igneous Rock

• Sand

• Metamorphic Rock

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

• Schema

• Question

• Inference

• Fact

to press together

• Flatten

• Compact

• Tighten

• Pull Apart

To stick together in the process of forming rock.

• Compact

• Velcro

• Pull Apart

• Cement

A thick sheet of rock formed from the same material.

• Rock Layer

• Hill

• Sand Dune

• Canyon

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