Vocabulary For Geosphere

The brittle, rocky, least dense, outer layer of Earth.

• Mantle

• Core

• Crust

• Sediment

The dense metallic center of Earth.

• Lithosphere

• Crust

• Mantle

• Core

The thick middle layer in the solid part of Earth.

• Mantle

• Core

• Crust

• Lithosphere

Molten or liquid rock underground.

• Magma

• Lava

• Sediment

• Rock Cycle

The rigid outermost layer of Earth that includes the uppermost mantle and crust.

• Lithosphere

• Crust

• Mantle

• Rock Cycle

Rock and mineral fragments that are loose or suspended in water.

• Sediment

• Sedimentary Rock

• Crust

• Magma

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

The process that moves large bodies of Earth materials to higher elevations.

• Deposition

• Uplift

• Sediment

• Rock Cycle

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

The laying down or settling of eroded material.

• Sediment

• Rock Cycle

• Deposition

• Uplift

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

Igneous rock that forms when lava cools and crystallizes on Earth's surface.

• Magma

• Sediment

• Extrusive Rock

• Intrusive Rock

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-1

The series of processes that change one type of rock into another type of rock.

• Rock Cycle

• Magma

• Sediment

• Extrusive Rock

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-1