Earth Science Unit 2.2 (Soil) Vocabulary

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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 __________

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