Earth's Changing Faces Vocab Review

Front

Main landmasses on Earth, e.g., Africa, North America, Asia?

Back

Continents

Front

Process of changing Earth's surface by natural forces.

Back

Weathering

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

Front

Earth's center consists of a liquid outer core and a solid inner core.

Back

Core

Front

A place in Earth's crust where gases, ash, and lava spew is a ________.

Back

Volcano

Front

Thin outer layer of Earth?

Back

Crust

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-4

Front

Process of transporting and wearing away rocks or soil by water, wind, ice, or gravity.

Back

Erosion

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

Front

Changes rocks undergo between forms?

Back

Rock Cycle

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

Front

Rock formed by hardening of molten magma?

Back

Igneous Rock

Front

Theory of Earth's crust plates moved by magma in mantle?

Back

Plate Tectonics

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

Front

Natural formations on Earth's surface: valleys, plateaus, mountains, plains, hills, glaciers.

Back

Landforms

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2