Geological Processes Vocab Test

The breaking down of rocks and other materials on the Earth's surface.

• Pangea
• sea-floor spreading
• chemical weathering
• physical weathering

The breaking down of rocks and other materials on the Earth's surface.

• Weathering
• sea-floor spreading
• chemical weathering
• physical weathering

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

Processes by which rock, sand, and soil are broken down and carried away

• Erosion
• Pangea
• sea-floor spreading
• chemical weathering

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

small, solid pieces of material that come from rocks or living things

• sediment
• Weathering
• Pangea
• sea-floor spreading

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

a naturally occurring, inorganic solid that has a crystal structure and a definite chemical composition

• mineral
• Erosion
• Weathering
• Pangea

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-1

a type of rock that forms from the cooling of molten rock at or below the surface

• igneous rock
• sediment
• Erosion
• Weathering

A type of rock that forms when particles from other rocks or the remains of plants and animals are pressed and cemented together

• sedimentary rock
• mineral
• sediment
• Erosion

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-4

rock that has been changed by heat and pressure

• metamorphic rock
• igneous rock
• mineral
• sediment

Sections of the Earth's crust that move due to convection currents.

• tectonic plates
• sedimentary rock
• igneous rock
• mineral

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

The theory that pieces of Earth's lithosphere are in constant motion, driven by convection currents in the mantle.

• plate tectonics
• metamorphic rock
• sedimentary rock
• igneous rock

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3