Layers of Earth Vocabulary

continental crust

• able to be moved or bent
• a region in which a magnetic force exists
• Large plates that float on the mantle and make up the earth's crust.
• the part of the crust that is land

core

• the part of the crust that is land

• the innermost layer of Earth

• Part of the crust that underlies the ocean and is only about 8 km thick.

• a region in which a magnetic force exists

magnetic field

• a hard, dense, dark rock formed by cooled lava
• the most common rock on earth found in the Earth's crust
• a region in which a magnetic force exists
• the layer of Earth, under the crust, in which plate movement is generated; the thickest laye

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS2-3

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oceanic crust

• the layer of Earth, under the crust, in which plate movement is generated; the thickest layer
• Part of the crust that underlies the ocean and is only about 8 km thick.
• the innermost layer of Earth
• the most common rock on earth found in the Earth's crust

granite

• the layer of Earth, under the crust, in which plate movement is generated; the thickest layer
• the solid, outermost layer of Earth
• able to be moved or bent
• the most common rock on earth found in the Earth's crust

tectonic plates

• Large plates that float on the mantle and make up the earth's crust.
• the layer of Earth, under the crust, in which plate movement is generated; the thickest layer
• the innermost layer of Earth
• able to be moved or bent

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

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moldable

• the layer of Earth, under the crust, in which plate movement is generated; the thickest layer
• able to be moved or bent
• the solid, outermost layer of Earth
• a hard, dense, dark rock formed by cooled lava

basalt

• able to be moved or bent
• a hard, dense, dark rock formed by cooled lava
• Large plates that float on the mantle and make up the earth's crust.
• the part of the crust that is land

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

mantle

• the layer of Earth, under the crust, in which plate movement is generated; the thickest layer
• a region in which a magnetic force exists
• the part of the crust that is land
• the most common rock on earth found in the Earth's crust

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

crust

• the solid, outermost layer of Earth
• a hard, dense, dark rock formed by cooled lava
• the most common rock on earth found in the Earth's crust
• the layer of Earth, under the crust, in which plate movement is generated; the thickest layer