Topic 6 Lesson 1 & 2 Fossil and Rock Formations

Mineralized remains or evidence of plants and animals that lived long ago.

• Fossils

• Strata

• Horizontal

• Organisms

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

NGSS.MS-LS4-1

NGSS.MS-LS4-2

Patterns that are parallel to Earth's surface.

• Fossils

• Rocks

• Horizontal

• Strata

The ages of fossils and rock layers.

• Sediment

• Horizontal

• Fossils

• Strata

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-4

Layer of rock that scientists can clearly identify.

• Igneous

• Key Bed

• Sample

• Sediment

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-4

A small piece.

• Sample

• Asteroid

• Key Bed

• Layer

_____ rocks form in horizontal layers.

• Metamorphic

• Sedimentary

• Igneous

• Hard

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-4

Folding bends the layers______.

• Downward

• Across

• Upward

• Sideways

_____ takes place on the mountain.

• Force

• Rain

• Activity

• Erosion

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

______ are deposited over the eroded rock layers.

• Faults

• Sediments

• Samples

• Fossils

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

______ are deep cracks in the Earth's crust.

• Faults

• Earthquakes

• Layers

• Key Beds