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Earth's Features Chapter 1

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 8mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

a scientist who studies the processes and materials that form the solid part of Earth or rocks

a)

zoologist

b)

geologist

c)

archeologist

d)

rocket scientist

2.

something you notice using any of the five senses

a)

inference

b)

hypothesis

c)

observation

d)

conclusion

3.

something you figure out based on observation and information you already know

a)

inference

b)

hypothesis

c)

conclusion

d)

observation

4.

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

a)

observation

b)

inference

c)

rock layer

d)

fossil

5.

something scientists make to answer questions about the real world

a)

hypothesis

b)

inference

c)

model

d)

fossil

6.

small pieces of rock, such as silt or sand

a)

fossil

b)

sand

c)

rock layer

d)

sediment

7.

fossil forms when an organism dies and is covered with sediment that turns into rock

a)

true

b)

false

8.

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

a)

metamorphic

b)

igneous

c)

soft rock

d)

sedimentary

9.

to press together

a)

cement

b)

compact

c)

sediment

d)

conclude

10.

to stick together in the process of forming rock

a)

cement

b)

compact

c)

sediment

d)

conclude

11.

a thick sheet of rock formed from the same material

a)

sediment

b)

fossil

c)

rock layer

d)

compact

12.

a sedimentary rock layer forms when sediment sinks and builds up in water, compacts under more sediment and cements over time

a)

true

b)

false

13.

over time, a rock layer becomes thinner as sediment continues to build up

a)

true

b)

false

14.

a proposed answer to a question

a)

inference

b)

claim

c)

hypothesis

d)

experiment

15.

information that supports an answer to a question

a)

evidence

b)

inference

c)

conclusion

d)

claim