Earth's Features Chapter 1

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

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geologist

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something you notice using any of the five senses

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observation

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

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inference

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

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fossil

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something scientists make to answer questions about the real world

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model

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small pieces of rock, such as silt or sand

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sediment

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

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true

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

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sedimentary

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to press together

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compact

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to stick together in the process of forming rock

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cement