4th Grade Science: Changes Over Time Vocabulary

____ are stacked levels of rock with different compositions and fossils deposited over time.

• rock layers

• weathering

• continent

• environment

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-4

___ is the breakdown of rocks into very small particles by gravity, water, wind, and ice.

• erosion

• weathering

• map

• evidence

A large, continuous landmass is called a ___.

• fossil

• energy

• living organisms

• continent

___ is the space, conditions, and all living and nonliving things around an organism.

• energy

• mountain range

• environment

• rock formations

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Information used to support an idea is called ___.

• evidence

• continent

• renewable

• surface feature

__ is sand or small pieces of rock broken down by weathering and deposited on land or at the bottom of a body of water.

• fossil

• energy

• sediment

• volcano

A ____ is a distinctive part, quality, or characteristic of Earth’s outer layer.

• surface feature

• map

• derived

• living organism

Resources that cannot be replaced by natural processes within a lifetime are called ___ resources.

• deep ocean trench

• sediment

• renewable

• nonrenewable

___ are rock arrangements created by weathering, erosion, and other natural processes.

• earthquake

• energy

• rock formations

• particle

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

___ have biological processes that keep them alive, such as plants and animals.

• living organisms

• mountain ranges

• patterns

• bands

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NGSS.MS-LS1-1

NGSS.MS-LS1-2

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