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

Tags

CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.3.6

CCSS.L.K.5A

Noun

the average weather conditions of a particular area

• climate

• observation

• fossil

• dense

Tags

CCSS.RI.3.10

CCSS.RI.4.10

CCSS.RI.5.10

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

Noun

a terrible, sudden event

• observation

• catastrophe

• fossil

• conclude

Tags

CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.3.6

CCSS.L.K.5A

Verb

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

• erupt

• evidence

• conclude

• hypothesis

Tags

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.W.4.2D

CCSS.W.5.2D

Verb

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

• erupt

• geologist

• continental drift

• climate

Tags

CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.3.6

CCSS.L.K.5A

Noun

the act of paying careful attention in order to gather information

• catastrophe

• observation

• conclude

• fossil

Tags

CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.3.6

CCSS.L.K.5A

Noun

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

• conclude

• observation

• climate

• evidence

Tags

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RI.3.4

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.W.4.2D

Adjective

thick or heavy

• dense

• hypothesis

• climate

• continental drift

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CCSS.RI.3.10

CCSS.RI.4.10

CCSS.RI.5.10

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

Noun

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

• hypothesis

• conclude

• geologist

• continental drift

Tags

CCSS.RI.3.10

CCSS.RI.4.10

CCSS.RI.5.10

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

Noun

the preserved remains of soemthing that lived long ago

• fossil

• evidence

• geologist

• erupt

Tags

CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.3.6

CCSS.L.K.5A