Sedimentary Rock Vocabulary

to stick together in the process of forming rock

• cement

• compact

• environment

• fossil

to press together

• cement

• compact

• environment

• fossil

all the living and nonliving things in an area

• cement

• compact

• environment

• fossil

a clue about life from the past that is preserved in rock

• cement

• compact

• environment

• fossil

to figure something out based on observations and what you already know

• infer

• inference

• model

• observation

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

• infer

• inference

• model

• observation

something scientists make to answer questions about the real world

• model

• observation

• observe

• organism

something you notice using any of the five senses

• model

• observation

• observe

• organism

to use any of the five senses to gather information about something

• observation

• observe

• organism

• rock layer

a living thing, such as a plant or an animal

• observation

• observe

• organism

• rock layer