Unit 3: Earth's Features

Staying mostly the same.

• stable

• pattern

• cement

• erosion

Something we observe to be similar over and over again.

• pattern

• cement

• erosion

• model

To stick together in the process of forming rock.

• cement

• erosion

• model

• environment

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

• erosion

• model

• environment

• compact

Something scientists make to answer questions about the real world.

• model

• environment

• compact

• inference

All the living and nonliving things in an area.

• environment

• compact

• inference

• observation

To press together.

• compact

• inference

• observation

• fossil

Something you figure out based on observation and what you already know.

• inference

• observation

• fossil

• geologist

Something you notice using any of the 5 senses.

• observation

• fossil

• geologist

• rock layer

A clue about life from the past that is preserved in rock.

• fossil

• geologist

• rock layer

• sediment