Unit 4 Study Guide

The remains or trace of an organism that lived long ago.

• trace fossil

• fossil

• body fossil

• plates

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS4-1

A fossil that formed when an organism pressed into mud, leaving behind a shape that hardened in rock.

• trace fossil

• fossil

• body fossil

• mold

The movement of weathered materials by water, wind, or ice.

• erosion

• deposition

• weathering

• volcanoes

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

The process in which weathered materials eroded by water, wind, or ice are dropped in a new place.

• erosion

• deposition

• weathering

• volcanoes

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

The breaking down and wearing away of rock.

• erosion

• deposition

• weathering

• volcanoes

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

Something an organism does or how it acts.

• organism

• habitat

• migration

• behavior

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-4

A behavior that an animal inherits from its parents.

• organism

• instinct/instinctual behavior

• learned behavior

• behavior

A behavior that an animal develops by observing other animals or by being taught.

• organism

• instinct/instinctual behavior

• learned behavior

• behavior

A structure or behavior that helps an organism survive in its surroundings.

• survival

• hibernate

• habitat

• adaptation

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS4-4

The act of living or continuing longer than another person or thing.

• survival

• hibernate

• habitat

• adaptation

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-4

NGSS.MS-LS4-4