Earth's Features

Which of these are rocks? (choose mulitple)

• conglomerate

• calcite

• throwingstone

• limestone

What's an observation?

• something you observe

• something you notice using your 5 senses

• when geologists see something

• looking at something and finding out what it is

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NGSS.1-PS4-1

NGSS.2-PS1-1

What rock makes mudstone?

• clay

• calcium carbonate

• gravel

• mud

What does Inference mean?

• to infer

• Coleen

• a guess

• something you can figure out by observing

What does cement mean?

• to stick together in the process of forming a rock

• to press together

• an object that makes roads and sidewalks

• to be sticky

Geologists have been studying a site to learn more about the fossils there.

Study the image above that the geologist made. Which of the following claims can be supported by the evidence from the image?

• The site has always been a forest environment.

• The site was a forest before it was an ocean environment.

• The site was an ocean environment before it was a forest.

• The site has always been an ocean environment.

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-4

NGSS.MS-LS4-1

The students in a science class must find a way to demonstrate how rainfall helps shape the land.

Which of the following investigations would best represent these ideas?

• Place an ice cube on a baking sheet, and set it in the sun until it melts.

• Pour water on top of a pile of sand, and watch as it moves the sand around.

• Place a fan in front of a pile of sand, turn it on, and watch the sand blow away.

• Set a large rock in a tray of water, and watch as the rock weathers by the next day.

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

Select the word that means: a clue about life from the past that is preserved in rock

• fossil

• model

• sediment

• evidence

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS4-1

NGSS.MS-LS4-2

Select the word that means: something you figure out based on observations and information you already know

• inference

• claim

• argument

• evidence

Select the word that means: a type of rock formed from sediment that compacts and cements over time

• sedimentary

• cement

• lava

• sediment

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-1