Vocabulary #1
What is the process of breaking down rocks into small pieces by gravity, water, wind or ice?
weathering
What is a preserved part or trace of an animal or plant that lived in the past?
fossil
What is the process of moving sediment from one place to another by gravity, water, wind or ice?
erosion
What is information that supports an idea?
evidence
What is the process of picking up and depositing or dropping off sediment in a new location?
deposition
What are rock arrangements created by weathering, erosion and other natural processes?
rock formations
What is sand or small pieces of rock broken down by weathering and deposited on land or in water?
sediment
What is a design or sequence that is repeated?
pattern
What are stacked levels of rocks with different compositions and fossils deposited over time with the oldest layers at the bottom and youngest at the top?
rock layers
What is the name of a scientist that studies fossils?
Paleontologist