6th Grade: Topic 7-Minerals & Rocks in the Geosphere

Vibrations that travel through Earth carrying the energy released during an earthquake

• Seismic waves
• Ground shakers
• Earth rumbles
• Tectonic plates

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

The layer of rock that forms Earth's outer surface

• crust
• sediment
• core
• mantle

The layer of hot, solid material between Earth's crust and core

• crust
• mantle
• core
• lava

A layer of molten iron and nickel that surrounds the inner core of Earch

• Mantle
• Inner core
• Crust
• Outer core

A dense sphere of solid iron and nickel at the center of earth

• Molten iron and nickel core
• Outer core

• Solid gold core
• Inner core

A naturally occurring solid that can form by inorganic processes and that has a crystal structure and a definite chemical composition

• Metal
• Rock
• Water
• Mineral

A solid in which the atoms are arranged in a pattern that repeats again and again

• Crystal

• Ordered array
• Atomic structure
• Regular pattern

The process by which atoms are arranged to form a material with a crystal structure

• Crystallization
• Solidification
• Crystallography
• Condensation

A type of rock that forms from the cooling of molten rock at or below the surface

• Sediment

• Metamorphic rock

• Sedimentary rock

• Igneous rock

A type of rock that forms when particles from other rocks or the remains of plants and animals are pressed and cemented together

• Metamorphic rock
• Volcanic rock
• Sedimentary rock
• Igneous rock