Newcomer Earth Science Diagnostic

natural solid substance found in the earth crust

• fossils

• weathering

• minerals

• magma

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

NGSS.MS-ESS3-1

rock once melted, cooled and hardened

• metamorphic rock

• sedimentary rock

• fossils

• igneous rock

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

any type of rock changed by heat and pressure

• metamorphic rock

• sedimentary rock

• fossils

• igneous rock

a rock that forms from material that is settled into layers

• metamorphic rock

• sedimentary rock

• fossils

• igneous rock

process of rocks changing into other types of rocks

• recycling

• rock cycle

• water cycle

• weathering

the movement of the Earth's plates on the mantle

• faults

• minerals

• sand

• plate tectonics

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

the original continent that was all continents combined

• Australia

• Pangaea

• Antarctica

• Gondwanaland

The layer of gases surrounding the Earth

• Hydrosphere
• Cryosphere
• Oxyosphere
• Atmosphere

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

The liquid water on Earth

• hydrosphere
• cryosphere
• thermosphere
• aquasphere

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

Earth’s entire solid or rocky body

• Hydrosphere
• Asthenosphere
• Geosphere
• Mesosphere

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-1