Amplify Science Unit 3 Chapter 3

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

• sediment

• geologist

• fossil

• rock layer

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small pieces of rock, such as silt or sand

• sediment

• sedimentary rock

• model

• inference

a type of rock formed from sediment that compacts and cements over time

• sediment

• rock layer

• sedimentary rock

• fossil

Finally, the layer gets ____ as more sediment compacts and cements

• tougher

• taller

• wider

• thicker

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List the steps of the scientific method

d

e

f

c

b

a

Analyze results

Communicate results

Ask a question

Draw conclusions

Form a hypothesis

Conduct experiment

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Identify an example of each of the three states of matter present when the candle is burning.

• The hard wax of the candle

• Solid

• The melting wax

• Liquid

• The fire/flame

• Gas

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Match the following

• B

• Evaporation

• D

• Transpiration

• C

• Precipitation

• A

• Condensation

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Geologists study rocks and fossils to learn more about what a place was like in the past

• True

• False

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Fossils are mostly found in sedimentary rocks

• True

• False

Then, the sediment ______ together

• comes

• drifts

• cements

• waves