SOL 5.7 Earth and Rocks

a scientist who studies the Earth's physical structure and all the events that helped shape it

• geologist

• physicist

• biologist

• chemist

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

NGSS.MS-ESS1-4

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

the center of the Earth

• core

• crust

• mantle

the upper layer of the Earth on which we live

• crust

• core

• mantle

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

the thickest layer of Earth , directly under the crust

• mantle

• crust

• core

molten rock below or within the Earth's crust, when it erupts onto Earth's surface it is called lava

• magma

• fossil

• tectonic plates

• erosion

melted rock on Earth's surface

• lava

• fossil

• minerals

• fault

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

the wearing down and breaking up of hard rock by natural forces like wind, ice, and plants

• weathering

• erosion

• deposition

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

the movement of rocks and soil from one place to another by the forces of gravity, water, ice, or wind

• erosion

• weathering

• deposition

the process by which sediment, which has been transported by natural forces like wind, water, ice, and gravity is dropped or finally deposited somewhere on the Earth's surface

• deposition

• erosion

• weathering

the small particles of weathered rock carried away by wind and water

• sediment

• fossil

• fault

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-1