Earth Processes Vocabulary Practice

The process where soil and rock is broken down and removed from one area through natural causes such as wind, water, or ice.

• Erosion

• Crater

• Fault

• Subduction

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

Rocks formed by smaller bits of rock and soil compressed together.

• Sedimentary Rocks

• Igneous Rocks

• Metamorphic Rocks

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Rocks formed by the cooling and hardening of molten rock like magma or lava.

• Sedimentary Rocks

• Igneous Rocks

• Metamorphic Rocks

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Rocks formed when other rocks are exposed to high amounts of heat and pressure over time.

• Sedimentary Rocks

• Igneous Rocks

• Metamorphic Rocks

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The innermost layer of the earth and center of the earth’s mass that is comprised mostly of iron and nickel.

• Mantle

• Crust

• Core

• Lithosphere

The outermost layer of the earth and also the thinnest and having the least mass.

• Mantle

• Crust

• Core

• Stratosphere

The semi-liquid layer of the earth’s interior that has the most volume and is directly under the crust.

• Mantle

• Crust

• Core

• Stratosphere

The rigid rocky outer portion of the earth that includes the crust and the upper mantle.

• Lithosphere

• Asthenosphere

• Troposphere

• Stratusphere

The more liquid zone of the Earth’s mantle that is hotter and located below the lithosphere.

• Lithosphere

• Ashenosphere

• Troposphere

• Stratusphere

The place where two tectonic plates are moving towards and against each other.

• Transform Boundary

• Divergent Boundary

• Convergent Boundary

• Revergent Boundary

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3