PM Vocab

any of Earth's main continuous areas of land, such as Africa, Asia, and North America

• continent

• landform

• pangaea

moving toward the same place

• convergent

• divergent

• transform

a diagram that shows what the inside of something looks like

• cross section

• continent

• map

moving apart in different directions

• divergent

• convergent

• transform

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

a sudden shaking of Earth's surface

• earthquake

• tsunami

• rock slide

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

the sudden pushing out of something, such as lava from a volcano

• eruption

• explosion

• volcano

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

evidence of life from the past, such as fossilized bones, footprints, or leaf prints

• fossil

• rock

• landform

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS4-1

NGSS.MS-LS4-2

a natural spring that sends hot water and steam suddenly into the air from a hole in the ground

• geyser

• lava

• magma

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

NGSS.MS-ESS3-1

a feature that forms on the surface of a planet, such as a mountain, channel, or sand dune

• landform

• fossil

• geosphere

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

hot liquid rock on the surface of Earth

• lava

• magma

• geyser

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

NGSS.MS-PS1-4