Earth’s Surface Vocabulary
Grade 5
SOL-5.7
Created by:
KimSmith
Modified by ACPS ITRTs
The process that forms and/or changes
rock.
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Rock change
Rock weathering
Rock cycle
Rock erosion
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The outside layer of the earth. It is the
thinnest layer.
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Mantle
Core
Crust
Top
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The layer of earth under the crust. It is the
thickest layer and is made mostly of solid rock
with partially melted rock on the top of it.
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Core
Crust
Mantle
Plate
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The center of the earth. It is made mostly of
solid iron covered by a layer of melted iron; it
is very hot and is sometimes divided into an
inner and the outer.
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Mantle
Center
Core
Solid center
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Rock formed from cooled magma; examples
are granite, basalt, obsidian, pumice, and
quartz crystals.
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Sedimentary rock
Metamorphic rock
Igneous rock
Fossil rock
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Rock that forms from cemented or pressed
sediments; examples are shale, limestone,
sandstone, and gypsum.
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Igneous rock
Fossil rock
Sedimentary rock
Metamorphic rock
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Rock that is formed when heat and pressure
change the minerals in the igneous or
sedimentary rocks; examples are marble,
soapstone, and slate.
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Metamorphic rock
Fossil
Igneous rock
Pressure rock
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The hardened remains of an earlier
organism; gives information about life and
conditions in the past.
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Igneous rock
Metamorphic rock
Fossil
Sedimentary rock
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Weak spots in the earth’s crust; most often
found along the boundary of the earth’s plates.
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Plates
Plate tectonics
Faults
Convergent boundaries
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Large sections of the earth’s surface that
move across the mantle.
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Plates
Platters
Faults
Plate tectonics
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A branch of geology that deals with the
movement of the earth’s plates; convergent,
divergent and sliding boundaries.
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Plate science
Plate tectonics
Plate geology
Plate studies
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Plates moving together.
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Plate boundaries
Divergent boundaries
Convergent boundaries
Earthquake
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Plates moving apart.
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Convergent plates
Divergent plates
Divergent boundaries
Convergent boundaries
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These slip past each other horizontally; these
are also called strike-slip or transform
boundaries.
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Sliding boundaries
Sliding plates
Strike plates
Transform plates
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A shaking of the earth’s crust.
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Volcano
Earthshake
Earthquake
Landslide
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A break in the earth’s crust through which
molten lava and gasses pass.
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Earthquake
Erosion
Weathering
Volcano
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The wearing away of rock, or breaking of
rocks into smaller pieces.
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Weathering
Erosion
Landslide
Mudslide
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The moving of weathered rock and soil.
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Weathering
Landslide
Erosion
Mudslide
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