Unit 2 Vocabulary Shaping Earth's Surface

a plate boundary formed when two tectonic plates move toward one another perpendicular to the fault line

• convergent boundary

• tansform boundary

• divergent boundary

• tectonic plates

the remains of ancient animals and plants, the traces or impressions of living things from past geologic ages or the traces of their activities

• fossil record

• rock cycle

• rocks

• fossil

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS4-1

NGSS.MS-LS4-2

mixed mineral matter that makes up the surface of Earth and other terrestrial objects

• rock cycle

• sediment

• rocks

• erosion

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

plate boundary formed when two tectonic plates move apart from one another perpendicular to the fault line

• transform boundary

• divergent boundary

• convergent boundary

• tectonic plates

the transport (moving) of sediment by wind, water, or gravity

• sediment

• erosion

• rocks

• rock cycle

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

all of the fossils that have ever been found, which scientists use to understand
Earth's history

• sediment

• erosion

• fossil

• fossil record

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS4-1

NGSS.MS-LS4-2

the processes that form, break down, and reform rock from one category to another

• rock cycle

• sediment

• rocks

• weathering

the breakdown of rock into smaller pieces from exposure to wind, water, gravity, changes in temperature, and/or biological forces

• sediment

• erosion

• weathering

• transform boundary

a collection of particles of rocks, minerals, and the remains of plants and animals

• sediment

• erosion

• rocks

• rock cycle

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

drifting slabs of solid rock, called plates, that make up Earth's surface

• tectonic plates

• convergent boundary

• transform boundary

• divergent boundary

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3