Earth Science Vocab : Set 1
For each of the following vocabulary words, create a flash card that has
the word on the front with a picture and a description and/or definition
on the back. Keep these cards together with a binder clip or hole punch
ring.
Front
Second main layer of the
earth. It’s a plastic. Made
mostly of magnesium and
some nickel. Hot.
2250 km thick.
Mantle
Seismic wave
Reflection
seismograph
Mantle
P-wave
refraction
seismogram
inner core
S-wave
Absorption
Crust
Asthensosphere
Surface wave
shadow zone
Outer core
. lithosphere
Earth Science Vocab : Set 1
For each of the following vocabulary words, create a flash card that has
the word on the front with a picture and a description and/or definition
on the back. Keep these cards together with a binder clip or hole punch
ring.
Front
Second main layer of the
earth. It’s a plastic. Made
mostly of magnesium and
some nickel. Hot.
2250 km thick.
Mantle
Seismic wave
Reflection
seismograph
Mantle
P-wave
refraction
seismogram
inner core
S-wave
Absorption
Crust
Asthensosphere
Surface wave
shadow zone
Outer core
. lithosphere
Earth Science Vocab : Set 2
For each of the following vocabulary words, create a flash card that has
the word on the front with a picture and a description and/or definition
on the back. Keep these cards together with a binder clip or hole punch
ring.
Front
Second main layer of the
earth. It’s a plastic. Made
mostly of magnesium and
some nickel. Hot.
2250 km thick.
Mantle
Continental drift
Pangea
Oceanic crust
Harry Hess
Seafloor Spreading
Convection Currents
Asthenosphere vs. Lithosphere
Alfred Wegener
Plate Tectonic Theory
Continental crust
Paleomagnetism
Tectonic Plate
Earth Science Vocab : Set 2
For each of the following vocabulary words, create a flash card that has
the word on the front with a picture and a description and/or definition
on the back. Keep these cards together with a binder clip or hole punch
ring.
Front
Second main layer of the
earth. It’s a plastic. Made
mostly of magnesium and
some nickel. Hot.
2250 km thick.
Mantle
Continental drift
Pangea
Oceanic crust
Harry Hess
Seafloor Spreading
Convection Currents
Asthenosphere vs. Lithosphere
Alfred Wegener
Plate Tectonic Theory
Continental crust
Paleomagnetism
Tectonic Plate
Earth Science Vocab : Set 3
For each of the following vocabulary words, create a flash card that has
the word on the front with a picture and a description and/or definition
on the back. Keep these cards together with a binder clip or hole punch
ring.
Front
Mantle
Second main layer of the
earth. It’s a plastic. Made
mostly of magnesium and
some nickel. Hot.
2250 km thick.
Convergent Boundary (explain 3 types)
Transform Boundary
Mountain
Rift Valley
Volcano
Divergent Boundary (explain 2 types)
Earthquake
Trench
Mid Ocean Ridge
Tsunami
Cinder Cone Volcano
Shield Volcano
Composite Volcano
epicenter
Earth Science Vocab : Set 3
For each of the following vocabulary words, create a flash card that has
the word on the front with a picture and a description and/or definition
on the back. Keep these cards together with a binder clip or hole punch
ring.
Front
Mantle
Second main layer of the
earth. It’s a plastic. Made
mostly of magnesium and
some nickel. Hot.
2250 km thick.
Convergent Boundary (explain 3 types)
Transform Boundary
Mountain
Rift Valley
Volcano
Divergent Boundary (explain 2 types)
Earthquake
Trench
Mid Ocean Ridge
Tsunami
Cinder Cone Volcano
Shield Volcano
Composite Volcano
epicenter
Earth Science Vocab : Set 4
For each of the following vocabulary words, create a flash card that has
the word on the front with a picture and a description and/or definition
on the back. Keep these cards together with a binder clip or hole punch
ring.
Front
Mantle
Hot spot
weathering
chemical weathering
biological weathering
erosion (examples of wind, water, ice, gravity)
dissolution
exfoliation
hydrolysis
oxidation
Second main layer of the
earth. It’s a plastic. Made
mostly of magnesium and
some nickel. Hot.
2250 km thick.
mechanical weathering
delta
deposition
frost-wedging / freeze-thaw
soil
Earth Science Vocab : Set 4
For each of the following vocabulary words, create a flash card that has
the word on the front with a picture and a description and/or definition
on the back. Keep these cards together with a binder clip or hole punch
ring.
Front
Mantle
Hot spot
weathering
chemical weathering
biological weathering
erosion (examples of wind, water, ice, gravity)
dissolution
exfoliation
hydrolysis
oxidation
Second main layer of the
earth. It’s a plastic. Made
mostly of magnesium and
some nickel. Hot.
2250 km thick.
mechanical weathering
delta
deposition
frost-wedging / freeze-thaw
soil