Earth's Features Chapter 1

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A scientist who studies the processes and materials that form the solid part of the Earth

• Marine Biologist

• Geologist

• Paleontologist

• Rock Expert

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Something you notice using any of the five senses.

• Sight

• Inference

• Smell

• Observation

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Something you discover based on observations
and information you already know

• Thinking

• Inference

• Observation

• Speaking

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A clue about past life that is preserved in the rock

• Fossil

• Rock

• Dinosaur

• Sediment

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 Something scientists do to answer questions
about the real world

• Stones

• Answers

• Model

• Books

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Small pieces of rock, like silt or sand

• Sediment

• The beach

• Crumbs

• Cement

A fossil is formed when a _____ dies and is covered with sediment that turns into rock.

• Organism

• Plant

• Animal

• Dinosaur

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A layer of sedimentary rock forms when ___ sinks and accumulates in water, compacts under more sediment, and cements over time.

• Sediment

• Rocks

• Shells

• Sand

Over time, a layer of rock becomes ____ as sediment continues to accumulate.

• Shorter

• Thinner

• Longer

• Thicker

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Look at the diagram.

Which fossil is the youngest?

• A

• B

• C

• D

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