8th Grade SSA vocab Earth science review part 1

The brittle, rocky outer layer of Earth.

• crust

• mantle

• inner core

• outer core

An area of Earth's crust that has an extended break in it.

• hotspot

• earthquake

• plate

• fault

A type of rock formed from cooling magma or lava.

• sediment

• sedimentary rock

• igneous rock

• metamorphic rock

Molten rock that is present on Earth's surface.

• magma

• lava

• igneous

• metamorphic

Molten rock that is present under Earth's surface.

• magma

• lava

• igneous

• metamorphic

Rocks formed by extreme high temperatures and pressure without melting.

• sediment

• sedimentary rock

• igneous rock

• metamorphic rock

Theory that Earth's surface is broken into large, rigid pieces that move with respect to each other.

• plate tectonics

• continental drift

• pangea

• earthquakes

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

A type of rock formed through lithification of other pieces of rocks and minerals.

• sediment

• sedimentary rock

• igneous rock

• metamorphic rock

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

Rigid parts of Earth's surface that are broken into pieces and move because of convection currents in Earth's mantle.

• tectonic plates

• plate tectonics

• continents

• rocks

Natural disaster involving water that results from plate movement in oceans.

• earthquake

• tsunami

• hurricane

• volcano

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

NGSS.MS-ESS3-2