Earth Changes Vocabulary

A break in the Earth's crust where rock on one side moves in relation to rock on the other side.

• fault

• crust

• plate tectonics

• epicenter

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

The thick layer of Earth beneath the crust.

• crust

• mantle

• core

• fault

The theory that Earth's crust is divided into plates that are always moving.

• volcano

• mantle

• earthquakes

• plate tectonics

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

The thin outer layer of Earth, including dry land and the ocean floor.

• crust

• core

• mantle

• epicenter

A shaking of Earth's surface that can cause land ot rise and fall.

• plate tectonics

• volcano

• earthquake

• fault

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

The layer of Earth extending from Earth's center to teh bottom of the mantle. It is mostly metallic iron and nickel.

• epicenter

• mantle

• core

• crust

The point on Earth's surface directly above the focus of an earthquake.

• fault

• epicenter

• earthquake

• volcano

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

A place where hot gases, smoke, and melted rock come out of the ground onto Earth's surface.

• crust

• core

• epicenter

• volcano

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2