ELA Geology Lesson 1 Vocabulary

Noun

a scientist who studies the makeup of the earth and the forces and processes that shape and change it

• catastrophe

• erupt

• observation

• geologist

Noun

the average weather conditions of a particular area

• climate

• observation

• fossil

• dense

Noun

a terrible, sudden event

• observation

• catastrophe

• fossil

• conclude

Verb

to decide something or form an opinion based on information you have

• erupt

• evidence

• conclude

• hypothesis

Verb

to send out rock, lava, and ash in a sudden explosion

• erupt

• geologist

• continental drift

• climate

Noun

the act of paying careful attention in order to gather information

• catastrophe

• observation

• conclude

• fossil

Noun

proof; information and facts that are helpful in forming a conclusion or supporting an idea

• conclude

• observation

• climate

• evidence

Adjective

thick or heavy

• dense

• hypothesis

• climate

• continental drift

Noun

a process in which continents slowly move over time on the surface of the earth

• hypothesis

• conclude

• geologist

• continental drift

Noun

the preserved remains of soemthing that lived long ago

• fossil

• evidence

• geologist

• erupt