Earth's Features Ch. 1

something scientists use to answer questions about the real world

• sediment

• observation

• model

• inference

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NGSS.MS-LS2-3

to press together

• compact

• fossil

• sediment

something you notice by using your 5 senses

• rock layer

• inference

• observation

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NGSS.2-PS1-1

a person who studies the processes and materials that form the solid part of the Earth

• fossil

• geologist

• model

• sedimentary rock

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

small pieces of rock, sand, or clay

• cement

• sediment

• fossil

• compact

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

to stick together in the process of forming rock

• rock

• cement

• rock layer

• model

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

• fossil

• geologist

• compact

• rock layer

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NGSS.MS-LS4-1

NGSS.MS-LS4-2

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

a thick sheet of rock formed from the same material

• compact

• rock layer

• rock

• sediment

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

• rock layer

• sedimentary rock

• fossil

something you figure out based on information that you already know

• observation

• inference

• fossil

• geologist