Earth's Features Chapter 2 Quiz

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

• biologist

• geologist

• paleontologist

• rock scientist

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

small pieces of rock, soil, silt,  and sand 

• compact

• cement

• conglomerate

• sediment

to stick together in the process of forming rocks 

• cement

• compact

• sediment

• inference

to press together 

• cement

• squish

• compact

• sedimentary rock

when rock, soil, or sand is worn down and moved from one place to another by water, wind, or ice. 

• erosion

• weathering

• damage

• stable

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

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

• inference

• observation

• geologist

• fossil

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NGSS.MS-LS4-1

NGSS.MS-LS4-2

something you figure out based on observations and what you already know

• claim

• observation

• inference

• evidence

something you notice using any of the five senses 

• claim

• observation

• inference

• evidence

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NGSS.MS-LS1-8

something scientists make to answer questions about the real world 

• pattern

• model

• stable

• geologist

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

any living thing

• organism

• environment

• sedimentary rock

• cement

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NGSS.MS-LS1-1

NGSS.MS-LS1-5