Earth Features Vocab

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Scientist studying Earth's solid materials and processes.

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Geologist

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-4

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

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Using any of the five senses:

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Observation

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NGSS.MS-LS1-8

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Discovering based on observations and prior knowledge

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Inference

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Clue about past life preserved in rock

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Fossil

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NGSS.MS-LS4-1

NGSS.MS-LS4-2

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Scientists' method to explore the real world

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Model

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

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Small pieces of rock, like silt or sand

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Sediment

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A fossil forms when an organism dies and is covered with sediment that becomes rock.

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Organism

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NGSS.MS-LS4-1

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To press together

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compact

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Join in rock formation process

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cement

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

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A thick sheet of rock made of the same material

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rock layer

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-4