Earth's Process Vocab Quiz

Means "made of heat or fire". Are formed when lava or magma cools and solidifies.

• Igneous

• Metamorphic

• Sedimentary

Means to change form. Have changed their composition due to intense heat or pressure.

• Igneous

• Metamorphic

• Sedimentary

means relation to, containing, or formed from sediment. Form when sediment is deposited and compacted together on Earth's surface.

• Igneous

• Metamorphic

• Sedimentary

Earth

• is the fifth planet from the sun and third largest planet.

• is the 9th planet from the sun and the largest planet.

• is the sixth planet from the sun and third largest planet.

• is the third planet from the sun and fifth largest planet.

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The_______ ______ are important in tectonics because the movement of the mantle, the layer directly beneath the crust, causes the Earth's tectonic plates to move.

• Earth Layers

• System

• Iron

• Nickel

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are giant pieces of rock that float on top of a constantly moving, semi-liquid layer called the mantle.

• geosphere

• earth layers

• tectonic plates

• thermal energy

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Areas where the earth plates meet

• Erosion

• Boundaries

• Weathering

• Faults

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Is a geological conecpt that desrives how the three main types of rocks change over time.

• Metamorphic

• Sedimentary

• Igneous

• Rock Cycle

is a natural process that slowly breaks down or changes rocks on the Earth's surface.

• Weathering

• Erosion

• Deposition

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Is the process by which water, wind and other natural forces cause rocks and earth to wear away.

• Weathering

• Erosion

• Deposition

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