Earth Science Academic Vocabulary

What soil feels like; rough or smooth

• conservation

• texture

• deposition

The outer surface of the Earth. It is a layer of rock that covers all of Earth.

• Non Renewable Resources

• Landfom

• Crust

Process of rocks in Earth's crust slowly breaking into smaller pieces.

• weathering

• erosion

• deposition

Carrying away weathered rocks

• weathering

• erosion

• deposition

Using resources as little as possible and not wasting them.

• Conservation

• Condensation

• Crust

Waste from products made or used by people.

• Conservation

• Landform

• Pollution

What step in the water cycle occurs when a water turns into water vapor?

• condensation

• precipitation

• evaporation

What tool do scientists use to study wind speeds inside a thunderstorm to learn about a tornado?

• Fujita Scale

• Doppler Radar

• Space Satellites

Igneous Rock forms ...

• by heat and pressure warping a rock.

• by magma.

• by earthquakes.

A plate moving along a fault often causes...

• an earthquake.

• a tornado.

• a hurricane.