4-ESS1-1 Fossils and Changes Over Time

Horizontal layers of rocks that are formed over time and contain important information about the Earth’s past

• Sediments

• Strata

• Fossils

• Landscape

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-4

Powerful natural processes, such as earthquakes and erosion, that shape and change the Earth’s surface over time

• Sedimentary Rocks

• Strata

• Landscape

• Earth forces

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

Visible features and landforms of an area

• Landscape

• Earth forces

• Fossils

• Sedimentary Rocks

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

Tiny particles like sand, mud, and small rocks.

• Fossils

• Landscape

• Sediments

• Strata

Rocks that are formed by layers of sediments becoming hardened over millions of years

• Fossils

• Sediments

• Sedimentary Rocks

• Strata

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-4

The preserved remains or evidence of plants and animals that lived long ago

• Sediments

• Strata

• Fossils

• Sedimentary Rocks

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NGSS.MS-LS4-1

NGSS.MS-LS4-2

What is the oldest rock layer?

• A

• B

• E

• F

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-4

• - a visual, vertical diagram representing the sequence of rock layers (strata) in a specific geological location

• Sedimentary Rocks

• Landscape

• Stratigraphic Column

• Fossil

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-4

What is the youngest rock layer?

• A

• B

• E

• F

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-4