Earth and Space Vocabulary

rock that forms when sediments are pressed together

• sedimentary rock

• fossil

the remains of a plant or animal that lived long ago

• humus

• fossil

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS4-1

NGSS.MS-LS4-2

decaying plant and animal material in the soil

• humus

• fossil

• sedimentary rock

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

a material made up of tiny pieces of weathered rock

• humus

• soil

• soil texture

the size of soil particles

• soil

• soil texture

• loam

soil rich in nutrients that is good for plant growth

• loam

• clay

• soil

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-5

material made of very small grains of minerals

• loam

• clay

• soil

a mountain made from hardened lava, rocks, and ash that erupted from underneath the Earth's surface

• earthquake

• weathering

• volcano

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

the shaking of the Earth's crust caused by large pieces of rock underneath the Earth's surface moving against each other

• volcano

• earthquake

• landslide

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

occurs when gravity pulls down some of the land of the slope of a hill

• weathering

• erosion

• landslide

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS3-2