Structure of the Earth Vocabulary

A physical feature of Earth's surface.

• Deposition

• Plate

• Fault

• Landform

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

The process of breaking rock into soil, sand, or other tiny pieces.

• Deposition

• Earthquake

• Weathering

• Erosion

The process of moving sediment from one place to another.

• Weathering

• Erosion

• Landform

• Deposition

The process of dropping, or depositing, sediment in a new location.

• Deposition

• Erosion

• Landform

• Weathering

The outer layer of Earth made of solid rock.

• Crust

• Core

• Mantle

• Plate

The layer of rock beneath Earth's crust.

• Core

• Mantle

• Magma

• Fault

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

The Earth's hottest later; the center layer of Earth.

• Mantle

• Crust

• Core

• Plate

A rigid block of crust and upper mantle.

• Landform

• Fault

• Plate

• Pangea

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

Molten rock from Earth's mantle.

• Fossils

• Crust

• Plate

• Magma

An opening in Earth's crust through which lava flows.

• Continental Drift

• Landform

• Earthquake

• Volcano