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WorksheetsEarth Science Vocabulary
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 10mins
A rock that forms from other rocks as a result of intense heat, pressure, or chemical processes
Granite
Sedimentary Rock
Igneous Rock
Metamorphic Rock
Continental Drift
A block of lithosphere that consists of the crust and the rigid, outermost part of the mantle
Weathering
Sedimentary Rock
Tectonic Plate
Erosion
Subduction
The solid, outer layer of Earth that consists of the crust and the rigid upper part of the mantle
Lithosphere
Asthenosphere
Mineral
Erosion
Continental Drift
The movement of matter due to differences in density that are caused by temperature variations.
Continental Drift
Mantle
Convection
Plate Boundary
Rock Cycle
A geologic process in which one edge of one crustal plate is forced below the edge of another.
Convection
Geological Time
Continental Drift
Subduction
Erosion
The upper layer of the mantle made of partially molten rock and where the convection currents occur that cause the tectonic plates to move
Lithosphere
Asthenosphere
Erosion
Plate Boundary
Rock Cycle
A location where two tectonic plates interact and they can be divergent, convergent or transform.
Plate Boundary
Lithosphere
Geological Time
Erosion
Continental Drift
The hypothesis that a single large landmass broke up into smaller land masses to form the continents
Geological Time
Erosion
Subduction
Continental Drift
Plate Boundary
A naturally formed, inorganic solid with a crystalline structure
Rock Cycle
Metamorphic
Igneous Rock
Sedimentary Rock
Mineral
The series of processes in which rock forms, changes from one type to another, is destroyed, and forms again by geologic processes
Geological Time
Erosion
Rock Cycle
Convection
Weathering
The natural process by which atmospheric and environmental agents, such as wind, rain, and temperature change disintegrate, and decompose rocks.
Erosion
Plate Boundary
Lithosphere
Weathering
Asthenosphere
A rock that forms from compressed or cemented layers of sediment
Sedimentary Rock
Metamorphic Rick
Geological Time
Rock Cycle
Igneous Rock
The process by which wind, water, ice or gravity transports soil and sediment from one location to another.
Continental Drift
Igneous Rock
Lithosphere
Erosion
Asthenosphere
The standard method used to divide Earth’s long natural history into manageable parts - eons, eras, periods, and epochs
Epochs and Erosion
Geological Time
Lithosphere
Asthenosphere
Subduction
Rock that forms when magma cools and solidifies
Erosion
Granite Rock
Igneous Rock
Sedimentary Rock
Rock Cycle
Which rock is located at #1?
igneous
metamorphic
sedimentary
Which rock is located at #2?
igneous
metamorphic
sedimentary
Which rock is located at #3?
metamorphic
sedimentary
igneous
What is formed at location C?
Intrusive Igneous Rock
Metamorphic Rock
Extrusive Igneous Rock
Sedimentary Rock
What is formed at location D?
Intrusive Igneous Rock
Metamorphic Rock
Extrusive Igneous Rock
Sedimentary Rock
