Earth History Investigation 3 Vocab

a carbonate material with the chemical formula CaCO₃

• calcite

• carbonate

• sedimentary rock

a substance made of carbon and oxygen

• calcite

• carbonate

• ooze

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS1-1

any remains, trace, or imprint of animal or plant life preserved in Earth's crust

• ooze

• fossil

• volcano

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

NGSS.MS-LS4-1

NGSS.MS-LS4-2

strata with distinguishable characteristics and sequences of sediments

• groundwater

• sedimentary rock

• formation

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-4

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

water stored below Earth's surface

• groundwater

• sedimentary rock

• formation

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS3-1

a naturally occurring warm body of water heated from underground

• groundwater

• hot spring

• formation

in geology, a deposit of soft mud in water

• groundwater

• ooze

• formation

to form a solid, insoluble product during a chemical reaction

• formation

• ooze

• precipitate

a rock that forms when layers of sediments get stuck together

• stalactite

• stalagmite

• sedimentary rock

a calcium carbonate deposit shaped like an upside-down icicle, formed on the floor of a cave

• stalactite

• stalagmite

• sedimentary rock