Fossils Vocabulary

Clay, sand, and silt are types of ____________

• fossil

• delta

• soil

• humus

The dropping of sediment by wind or water is called?

• deposition

• sand

• subsoil

• delta

Sediment deposited at the mouth of the river forms a _________

• castle

• beach

• delta

• bedrock

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

The slow breaking or wearing away of rock is __________

• fossil

• erosion

• weathering

• deposition

The preserved remains of a plant or animal that lived long ago is a ______

• topsoil

• soil

• glacier

• fossil

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS4-1

NGSS.MS-LS4-2

The uppermost layer of soil that contains humus is _________

• topsoil

• bedrock

• paleontologist

• glacier

The movement of rock material from one place to another is ________

• erosion

• weathering

• deposition

• delta

The rocky layer beneath subsoil is ________

• subsoil

• bedrock

• glacier

• humus

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-4

A very slow-moving mass of ice is a _______

• humus

• glacier

• fossil

• topsoil

Decayed remains of plants and animals in soil is _______

• soil

• delta

• humus

• glacier

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-3