Earth Science Vocabulary Review

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A rock that forms from other rocks as a result of intense heat, pressure, or chemical processes

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Metamorphic Rock

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A block of lithosphere that consists of the crust and the rigid, outermost part of the mantle.

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Tectonic Plate

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The solid, outer layer of Earth that consists of the crust and the rigid upper part of the mantle

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Lithosphere

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The movement of matter due to differences in density that are caused by temperature variations.

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Convection

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NGSS.MS-PS1-4

NGSS.MS-PS3-4

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A geologic process in which one edge of one crustal plate is forced below the edge of another.

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Subduction

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

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The upper layer of the mantle made of partially molten rock and where the convection currents occur that cause the tectonic plates to move.

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Asthenosphere

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A location where two tectonic plates interact and they can be divergent, convergent or transform.

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Plate Boundary

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The hypothesis that a single large landmass broke up into smaller land masses to form the continents

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Continental Drift

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

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A naturally formed, inorganic solid with a crystalline structure

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Mineral

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The series of processes in which rock forms, changes from one type to another, is destroyed, and forms again by geologic processes

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Rock Cycle

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-1