Earth's Features Chap 1-3 Review

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

• model

• environment

• geologist

• Earthologist

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

Something that you notice using any of your five senses.

• inference

• observation

• model

• environment

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NGSS.MS-LS1-8

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

• inference

• observation

• model

• environment

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NGSS.MS-LS1-3

NGSS.MS-LS2-1

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

• sediment

• sedimentary rock

• model

• fossil

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NGSS.MS-LS4-1

NGSS.MS-LS4-2

Something scientists make to answer questions about the real world.

• model

• observation

• inference

• cement

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NGSS.MS-LS1-2

NGSS.MS-PS1-1

Small pieces of rock such as sand or silt.

• compact

• cement

• model

• sediment

A type of rock formed from sediment and cements over time.

• sedimentary rock

• igneous rock

• metamorphic rock

• shells

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-4

NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

To press together

• cement

• stable

• sediment

• compact

To stick together in the process of forming rock.

• cement

• stable

• sediment

• compact

A thick sheet of rock formed from the same material.

• rock sheet

• rock blanket

• rock layer

• cement