Vocabulary Quiz: Earth Science Terms

What is a statement that someone believes to be true and is often supported by evidence?

• Environment

• Claim

• Organism

• Measure

Tags

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.W.5.2D

CCSS.W.6.2D

CCSS.W.4.2D

CCSS.L.6.6

Which word describes a scientist who studies the Earth, including rocks and the processes that shape it?

• Geologist

• Argument

• Infer

• Evidence

Tags

CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.3.6

CCSS.L.K.5A

What is the term for a preserved remain or trace of an organism from the past?

• Fossil

• Rock layer

• Environment

• Measure

Which word means to watch something carefully in order to gain information?

• Infer

• Observe

• Claim

• Argument

Tags

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.W.5.2D

CCSS.W.4.2D

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RI.4.4

What is the term for a living thing, such as a plant, animal, or bacterium?

• Organism

• Evidence

• Geologist

• Fossil

Which word refers to the surroundings or conditions in which a person, animal, or plant lives?

• Environment

• Rock layer

• Measure

• Argument

Tags

CCSS.RI.3.10

CCSS.RI.4.10

CCSS.RI.5.10

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

What is the term for a layer of material, often rock, that is distinct from those above and below it?

• Rock layer

• Fossil

• Infer

• Claim

Tags

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.W.5.2D

CCSS.W.6.2D

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.L.4.6

Which word means to deduce or conclude information from evidence and reasoning rather than from explicit statements?

• Infer

• Observe

• Measure

• Environment

Tags

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.W.5.2D

CCSS.W.6.2D

CCSS.W.4.2D

CCSS.L.6.6

What is the term for information that supports a claim or argument?

• Evidence

• Geologist

• Organism

• Fossil

Tags

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.W.5.2D

CCSS.W.6.2D

CCSS.W.4.2D

CCSS.RI.4.4

Which word means to determine the size, amount, or degree of something using a standard unit?

• Measure

• Argument

• Claim

• Observe

Tags

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.W.5.2D

CCSS.W.6.2D

CCSS.W.4.2D

CCSS.RI.4.4