Earth Science Review of Terms

What do we call a logical conclusion about what occurred based on observations and past experiences?

• observation

• inference

• prediction

• educated guess

What material reacted with acid to help us identify a rock as a limestone?

• matrix

• hydrochloric acid

• calcite

• basin

What do we call the vertical distance above sea level?

• elevation

• formation

• rock column

• distance

What do we call a rock composed of more than 1 type, for example, not just shale but a combo of shale and limestone?

• correlation

• calcite

• rock column

• formation

What can often occur when an area is made of both weak and resistant rocks?

• creep

• differential erosion

• mudslides

• erosion

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

If I am finding a relationship between 2 things I am trying to ​ ​ ​ them.​

• correlate

• decipher

• describe

• elevate

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NGSS.MS-PS3-1

What do we call an interruption in the normal sequence of deposition of sedimentary rocks?

• canyon

• superposition

• uniform

• unconformity

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-4

The present is the key to the past

• uniformitarianism

• superposition

• original horizontality

• unconformity

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NGSS.MS-LS4-1

Each new deposit of sediment forms a new flat layer on top of the layers below.

• Principle of original horizontality

• uniformitarianism

• principle of superposition

• differential erosion

When sediment breaks off of a rock

• weathering

• erosion

• deposition

• differential erosion