Earth Structure Vocabulary

The process of breaking rock into soil, sand, or other tiny pieces.

• Deposition

• Earthquake

• Weathering

• Erosion

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

The process of moving sediment from one place to another.

• Weathering

• Erosion

• Landform

• Deposition

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

The process of dropping, or depositing, sediment in a new location.

• Deposition

• Erosion

• Landform

• Weathering

The outer layer of Earth made of solid rock.

• Crust

• Core

• Mantle

• Plate

The layer of rock beneath Earth's crust.

• Core

• Mantle

• Magma

• Fault

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

The Earth's hottest later; the center layer of Earth.

• Mantle

• Crust

• Core

• Plate

A rigid block of crust and upper mantle.

• Landform

• Fault

• Plate

• Pangea

Molten rock from Earth's mantle.

• Fossils

• Crust

• Plate

• Magma

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

An opening in Earth's crust through which lava flows.

• Continental Drift

• Landform

• Earthquake

• Volcano

A shaking of the ground caused by sudden release of energy in Earth's crust.

• Erosion

• Volcano

• Earthquake

• Deposition

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

NGSS.MS-ESS3-2