Earth Structures Review Vocabulary

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

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

The layer of rock beneath Earth's crust.

• Core

• Mantle

• Magma

• Fault

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

• Mantle

• Crust

• Core

• Plate

Identify the different layers

a

b

c

d

Lithosphere

Inner core

Continental Crust

Outer core

Asthenosphere

Oceanic crust

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

Identify the different types of crust and the names of the lower crust.

a

b

c

d

Inner core

Outer core

Oceanic crust

Asthenosphere

Continental Crust

Lithosphere

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

A rigid block of crust and upper mantle.

• Landform

• Fault

• Plate

• Pangea

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

• Continental Drift

• Landform

• Earthquake

• Volcano

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

The process of moving sediment from one place to another.

• Weathering

• Erosion

• Landform

• Deposition

Molten rock from Earth's mantle.

• Fossils

• Crust

• Plate

• Magma

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-1