5.8 Earth's Changes Vocabulary SOL Review

The breaking down and changing of rocks and minerals due to natural processes

• Weathering
• Erosion
• Metamorphism
• Sedimentation

The process of soil, rocks, and other sediments being carried away or moved by natural forces such as wind, water, and ice

• Erosion
• Condensation
• Evaporation
• Photosynthesis

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

When bits of soil, rocks, and other sediments settle in a new place.

• Erosion
• Deposition
• Weathering
• Condensation

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

The thin, outermost layer of the Earth. It is composed of solid rock.

• Mantle
• Outer Core
• Crust
• Inner Core

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

The largest layer that is between the crust and the outer core. It is made of hot, semi-solid rock.

• Inner Core
• Crust
• Outer Core
• Mantle

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The liquid layer surrounding the inner core.

• Mantle
• Outer Core
• Crust
• Asthenosphere

A solid sphere at the center of the Earth. It is made of materials such as iron and nickel.

• The Earth's Inner core

• The Earth's mantle
• The Earth's crust
• The Earth's lithosphere

Tectonic plates that move apart from each other, forming volcanoes and mountains.

• Divergent Plate Boundaries
• Convergent Plate Boundaries
• Transform Plate Boundaries
• Subduction Zones

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

Tectonic plates that move toward each other, forming mountains and causing earthquakes.

• Convergent Plate Boundaries
• Divergent Plate Boundaries
• Transform Plate Boundaries
• Plateau Formation

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Tectonic plates that slide past each other, causing earthquakes.

• Convergent boundary
• Divergent boundary
• Transform boundary
• Subduction zone

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