EDS Key Terms

A bowl like hole that forms when a rock explodes from a volcano during an eruption

• Geyser

• Hot Spring

• Crater

• Fossil

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

Types, frequency and size of earthquake that happen over a period of time in a certain area

• Geological Process

• Seismic Event

• Phenomena

• Fossil

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

Vibrations in Earth caused by the sudden release of energy, usually as a result of movement along a fault

• Earthquake

• Volcano

• Tornado

• Wild Fire

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

Dynamic process at work in the Earth's landforms and surfaces. These involve weathering, erosion and plate tectonics

• Seismic Event

• Hot Spring

• Geological Processes

• Seismic Activity

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

A landform, usually cone-shaped, produced by a collection of erupted material around a vent or opening on the surface of the Earth and through which gas and erupted material pass.

• Fossil

• Volcano

• Mountain

• Geyser

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

Preserved remains of an organism, usually from prehistoric times

• Fossil

• Sedimentary Rock

• Volcanic Rock

• Magma

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

NGSS.MS-LS4-1

NGSS.MS-LS4-2

An observable fact or event, interesting and unusual.

• Crater

• Phenomena

• Seismic Activity

A spring produced from geothermically produced groundwater that rises from Earth's crust.

• Hot Spring

• The answer

• is in

• the definition

A fountain of water and steam that erupts from the ground

• Crater

• Lava

• Geyser

• Earthquake

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4