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Fossilsandsoilvocab
Fossils and Soil Vocabulary
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| A large mass of slow moving ice that flows down a slope | glacier |
| When snow, ice, rain, and wind break apart or wear away rock into smaller pieces | weathering |
| The dropping of sediment by wind, water, ice, or gravity | deposition |
| A large mass of dropped sediment at the mouth of a river | delta |
| The decayed remains of plants and animals | humus |
| The type of soil that has very small particles (pieces) and is tightly packed together | clay |
| The type of soil that water moves very easily through | sandy |
| The type of soil that we have in Georgia | red clay |
| The top layer of soil with the most humus | top soil |
| The layer of soil that is solid rock | bedrock |
| The preserved remains of a plant or animal that lived long ago | fossil |
| A scientist who studies fossils and organisms that lived long ago | paleontologist |
| Plants that have turned into rock | petrified |
| Tree sap that has gotten very hard | amber |
| The thing that amber protects | insects |