5.8 Earth's Changes Study Guide SOL Review

The process rocks and soil go through when they are broken down into smaller parts.

• Erosion
• Weathering
• Condensation
• Evaporation

A type of rock that is formed when magma or lava cools.

• Sedimentary rock
• Metamorphic rock
• Igneous rock
• Fossil rock

When the Earth’s plates slide past each
other in opposite directions.

• transform boundaries

• divergent boundaries

• convergent boundaries

What type of plate boundary is shown in the following image.

• Divergent Plate Boundary
• Convergent Plate Boundary
• Transform Plate Boundary
• Subduction Zone

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

Small pieces of rock and soil.

• sediments

• Mountains
• Rivers
• Oceans

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

A type of rock formed by heat and pressure.

• Sedimentary rock
• Igneous rock
• Metamorphic rock
• Extrusive rock

This layer of the Earth is a solid ball of iron
and nickel.

• Crust
• Mantle
• Outer Core
• Inner Core

The line or space that runs between two
tectonic plates.

• Fault
• Mantle
• Crust
• Core

When sediments are moved from one
location to another.

• Erosion
• Condensation
• Evaporation
• Sublimation

When the Earth’s plates move towards one
another.

• convergent boundaries

• transform boundaries

• divergent boundaries