Amplify Science - 4th - Unit 3 CH1 Vocab

something you figure out based on observations and information you already know

• fossil

• evidence

• inference

• rock layer

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS4-2

NGSS.MS-LS4-4

something you notice using any of the five senses

• observation

• geologist

• canyon

• cement

Tags

NGSS.2-PS1-1

small pieces of rock, such as silt or sand

• claim

• sediment

• compact

• outcrop

the remains or impression of a prehistoric organism preserved in petrified form or as a mold or cast in rock

• sedimentary rock

• cement

• model

• fossil

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS4-1

NGSS.MS-LS4-2

a proposed answer to a question

• argument

• claim

• discovery

• inference

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS3-2

NGSS.HS-LS4-4

information that supports an answer to a question

• evidence

• observation

• canyon

• claim

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-4

NGSS.MS-LS2-4

NGSS.MS-PS3-5

something scientists make to answer questions about the real world

• sediment

• discovery

• model

• argument

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

NGSS.MS-ETS1-4

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

a type of rock formed from sediment that compacts and cements over time

• sedimentary rock

• rock layer

• canyon

• fossil

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

to press together

• cement

• sediment

• compact

• claim

to stick together in the process of forming rock

• cement

• rock layer

• geologist

• observation