Science Vocabulary 2021/2022

The rigid outer part of the earth, consisting of the crust and upper mantle.

• Asthenosphere

• Seismic Waves

• Plate Tectonics

• Lithosphere

The soft layer of the mantle on which the tectonic plates move

• Asthenosphere

• Lithosphere

• Seismic Waves

• Force

Vibrations that travel through Earth carrying the energy released during an earthquake

• Plate Tectonics

• Continental Drift

• Seismic Waves

• Theory

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

A theory stating that the earth's surface is broken into plates that move.

• Plate Tectonics

• Continental Drift

• Seismic Waves

• Electromagnet

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

The hypothesis that the continents slowly move across Earth's surface.

• Plate Tectonics

• Seismic Waves

• Continental Drift

• Inertia

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

Processes by which rock, sand, and soil are broken down and carried away

• Weathering

• Erosion

• Deposition

• Inertia

Process in which sediment is laid down in new locations.

• Deposition

• Weathering

• Erosion

• Seismic Waves

Water that fills the cracks and spaces in underground soil and rock layers

• Weathering

• Erosion

• Groundwater

• Asthenosphere

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

The breaking down of rocks and other materials on the Earth's surface.

• Weathering

• Erosion

• Seismic Waves

• Plate Tectonics

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

A description of surface features of land.

• Theory

• Observation

• Insulator

• Topography

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2