Earth's Structure and Plate Tectonics

The layer of rock that forms Earth's outer surface.

• crust

• core

• ridge

• mantle

the process during which rocks are formed, change, wear down, and are formed again over long periods of time

• lithosphere

• subduction

• rock cycle

• rift valley

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

an opening in the Earth's surface through which magma and gases erupt

• volcano

• earthquake

• subduction

• ridge

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

the layer of the earth, molten rock, between the crust and the core

• crust

• mantle

• core

• magma

a type of rock that forms when melted rock cools and hardens

• igneous rock

• sedimentary rock

• metamorphic rock

• talis rock

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

melted rock located beneath Earth's surface

• lava

• crust

• magma

• mantle

a type of rock formed by gravity pressing fragments of other rocks and minerals together as they settle on land or under the ocean over a long period of time

• igneous rock

• sedimentary rock

• metamorphic rock

• talis rock

melted rock on Earth's surface

• crust

• lava

• mantle

• magma

the part of Earth where life exists

• atmosphere

• hydrosphere

• biosphere

• geosphere

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NGSS.MS-LS2-3

all of the water on, under, and above the Earth

• atmosphere

• hydrosphere

• biosphere

• geosphere

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4