Earth Science Unit 2.2 (Soil) Vocabulary

Use the key words to fill in the blanks in the definition

Instructions: Each row makes one card. Cut along the double lines and fold along the single lines. Then glue or tape the sides together.

fossil (impression, organism, preserved)	the ________________ remains or_____________of an _______________ that lived in the past
topsoil (air, water, organic, mineral)	rich soil formed from ______________materials, ________________ fragments, _____________, and _______
soil profile (soil, bedrock, cross section, layers)	a ____________ ______________ of the ____________ of __________ and _______________in a particular region

unconformity (between, eroded surface, strata)	the ______________ _______________ that lies ______________ two groups of ____________
pore space (particles, space between)	the amount of ___________ _______________soil ______________
bedrock (solid rock, beneath)	the layer of ________ ________ beneath the soil
petrification (organism, replaced, process, organic portion, minerals)	a ___________ in which the ____________ _____________of an ______________ is infiltrated or _______________with _____________

fault (crust, fracture, move)

a ___________ in the earth's _________ along which rocks __________