5th Grade 3rd Six Weeks Science

Unit 4, Lesson 3 CScope Vocabulary Words

2008-2009

forcea push or a pull

fuerzajalar o empujar

clues hints of information that helps

someone

claveinformación insinuada que ayuda

a alguien

cyclea continuous process that

repeats over and over

cicloun proceso continuo que se repita varias

veces

erosionthe carrying away of materials from one place to another by

ice, wind, or water

erosiónacarear materia de un lugar a otro por

medio de hielo, aire, o agua

extinctno longer in existence

extintoque ya no existe

fossilsthe remains of any organisms

for the past

fósilsrestos o huellas de un organismo del pasado

igneous rockare formed from cooled magma. Magma is melted rock deep inside the Earth. Magma

on the crust is called molten lava.

roca ígneason formadas de magma fresca. Magma es piedra derretida en el fondo de la Tierra. Magma en la

corteza se llama lava fundida

metamorphic rock

as a result form heat and pressure applied to sedimentary

or igneous rocks

roca metamórfica

resultado de calor y presión aplicada a piedras sedimentarias y ígnea

sedimentary rockare formed as sediments are

pushed together or cemented by the weight of the water and layer

soft sediment above it

roca sedimentariason formadas como sedimentaria

son empujadas juntas o cementadas por el peso del agua y capas de sedimentaria suave arriba

sequencean event that happens in a

specific order

secuenciaUn evento que ocurre en una

orden especifica

superpositionwhen items are stacked on top of one another,the layers on the bottom are older than the layer on top