Soil and Fossils

A large mass of deposited sediment at the mouth of a river

• glacier

• delta

• weathering

• deposition

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

The dropping of sediment by wind, water, ice, or gravity.

• weathering

• erosion

• glacier

• deposition

A large mass of slow-moving ice that flows down a slope.

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

The movement of weathered rock from one place to another.

• sand

• flashlight

• gravity

• erosion

The slow break breaking apart or wearing away of rock into smaller pieces.

• weathering

• glacier

• erosion

• delta

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

The decayed remains of plants and animals

• bedrock

• subsoil

• fossil

• humus

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NGSS.MS-LS2-3

A scientist who studies fossils and organisms that lived long ago.

• marine biologist

• astronaut

• teacher

• Paleontologist

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NGSS.MS-LS4-1

NGSS.MS-LS4-2

The layer of soil just BELOW the topsoil

• topsoil

• bedrock

• subsoil

• humus

The rocky layer beneath subsoil is ...

• bedrock

• glacier

• soil

• weathering

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

Water passes easily through which type of soil?

• clay soil

• sandy soil

• loam

• silt soik