Geological History of the World-Vocab 3rd Qtr

The history of life documented by

fossils from earlier geologic periods

preserved in sedimentary rock.

• Meteor Impact

• Fossil Record

• Sedimentary

• Law of Superposition

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-4

NGSS.MS-LS4-1

An event that occurs when a rocky,

metallic or icy body from space

crashes into Earth’s

surface.

• Plate Tectonics

• Law of Superposition

• Geological Process

• Meteor Impact

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

Events that occur on a timescale

ranging between millions of centuries,

and thousands of kilometers where

geological features are

modified.

• Geological Process

• Fossil

• Fossil Record

• Rock Strata

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

The preserved

remains, impressions of

any once-living thing of a past

geological age.

• Fossil Record

• Fossil

• Metamorphic

• Igneous

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS4-1

NGSS.MS-LS4-2

Layers of sedimentary rock

having approximately

the same composition

throughout.

• Plate Tectonic

• Fossil

• Sedimentary

• Rock Strata

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-4

The theory that the crust is divided

into large pieces called tectonic

plates that slowly move on

top of the mantle.

• Plate Tectonic

• Volcanic Eruption

• Rock Strata

• Meteor Impact

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

Any sequence of rock or sediment lay-

ers, the youngest sediments or rocks

are at the top of the

sequence and the oldest is at the

bottom.

• Sedimentary

• Metamorphic

• Law of Superposition

• Plate Tectonic

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-4

The comparison of

one rock layer or fossil to another to

determine which one is older or

younger.

• Fossil Record

• Law of Superposition

• Volcanic Eruption

• Relative Age

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-4

When lava and gas

are released from a

volcano.

• Sedimentary

• Volcanic Eruption

• Geological Process

• Fossil Record

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

NGSS.MS-ESS3-2