Earth's Features, Ch.3 Vocabulary

a scientist who studies the processes and materials that form from the solid part of the earth

• Geologist

• Biologist

• Meteorologist

• Astronomer

something scientists make to answer questions about the real world

• Theory

• Model

• Hypothesis

• Experiment

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

• Fossil

• Artifact

• Mineral

• Sediment

to stick together in the process of forming rock

• glue

• cement

• adhesive

• binder

something you notice using any of the five senses

• Perception

• Observation

• Interpretation

• Imagination

a section of exposed rock

• rocky outcrop

• boulder

• cliff

• pebble

all the living and nonliving things in an area

• Ecosystem

• Habitat

• Environment

• Biosphere

to press together

• compact

• expand

• loosen

• scatter

small pieces of rock, such as silt or sand

• Sediment

• Granite

• Clay

• Limestone

something you figure out based on observations and what you already know

• Deduction

• Inference

• Assumption

• Hypothesis