Rocks
Vocabulary
Environments
Key Concepts
Vocabulary 2
100

This rock if form from sand

Sandstone

100

small pieces of rock, soil, and other materials

Sediment

100

This Environment is where Mudstone is form

Deep ocean

100

The fossil forms when an organism _____ and is coverd with sediment that turns into ________ 

Dies and Rock

100

to stick together in the process of forming rock

Cement

200

This rock is made out of slit

Siltstone
200

Scientists who study Earth and the processes that have shaped Earth over time

Geologist

200

This Environment is where sandstone form

Beach

200

The formula Sedimentary Rock Formation

Sediment sinks builds up in water and compacts under more sediment continue to build up ?

200

To press together



compact

300

This rock is made out of Clay

Mudstone

300

a layer or line of rock above or below another body of rock

Rock layer

300

Siltstone form in this environment 

Floodplain

300

This is where the oldest rock layer is

The bottom

300

Something scientists use to represent an object or an event in order to make it easier to study.

Model

400

This is rock is made out of gravel

Conglomerate

400

Preserved remains of once-living organisms

Fossils 

400

Limestone Forms in this environment

Shallow Ocean

400

This moves soil, rock and sand from place to another  place

 water, ice, wind,

400

An assertion supported by evidence

Claim

500

This rock is make Calcium Carbonate

Limestone

500

A conclusion reached on the basis of evidence and reasoning

Inference

500

This can change how rocks, soil or sand 

River

500

Geologist observed the order of rock layers to infer

The order of past environment 

500


A statement put forth and supported by evidence

Argument