Earth's Layers

What are cracks in the Earth called?

• Earthquakes

• Faults

• Plate Boundaries

• Canyons

The place where two plates meet is called

• Plateau

• Sediment

• Plate Boundary

• Fault

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

Scientist who studies the Earth's surface is called

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-4

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

Melted rock that flows out of the Earth's surface is called

• Lava

• Sediment

• Mantle

• Deposition

What is the type of rock that is formed from layers of sediment that gets buried, pressed, and cemented together called?

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-4

What is a hole in the Earth from which melted rock flows out and cools to form a mountain called?

• Sediment

• Crust

• Core

• Volcano

What are broken pieces made of the Earth's crust or lithosphere called?

• Tectonic Plates

• Crust

• Magma

• Boundary

What is rocks that have cooled and hardened from melted rock called?

What is the outer layer of Earth called?

What are rocks formed when heat and pressure change existing rocks into different rocks called?

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-1