all the living and nonliving things in an area

• inference

• environment

• observation

• fossil

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NGSS.MS-LS2-3

Geologists use _______ of and ideas about rocks and fossils to make inferences about past environments.

• fossils

• environments

• inferences

• observations

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

Different _______ build up in different environments. Therefore, different kinds of sedimentary rock form in different environments.

• fossils

• sediments

• environments

• rocks

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

Different sedimentary rock layers in a place mean that the environment in that place has ________.

• stayed the same

• changed

• shifted

• become new

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

staying mostly the same

• stable

• environment

• observation

• chaos

Rock layers form when sediment gets (a)_______ by the sediment above it and (b)______ together to form a layer of rock

• (a) crushed

  (b) sticks

• (a) layered

  (b) connects

• (a) covered

  (b) joins

• (a) compacted

  (b) cements

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

Ocean, floodplain, rainforest and beach are all examples of...?

• Formations

• Environments

• Layers

• Sediment

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NGSS.MS-LS2-3

NGSS.MS-LS2-5

Which of the following are examples of conglomerate rock? (Choose 2)

• 
• 
• 
• 

How do rocks provide information about what an environment was like in the past?

• If the rocks in an environment are red, we know that the past environment was very sunny

• Conglomerate rocks can form in any environment, therefore it is impossible to determine past environments if we find conglomerate rock

• Different sediment builds up in different environments. Therefore, different kinds of sedimentary rocks form in different environments

When writing a scientific argument, we answer a question with a(n)

• response

• claim

• inference

• evidence statement

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NGSS.HS-LS3-2

NGSS.HS-LS4-1

NGSS.HS-LS4-2

NGSS.HS-PS4-3