Earth composition vocabulary

Middle layer of the planet; made of molten rock

• Mantle

• Crust

• Core

• Volcano

Interior layer of the planet; made of iron and nickel

• core

• mantle

• convection

• soil

Outer layer of the earth

• mantle

• core

• crust

• lava

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

Rock formed from the cooling and solidifying of molten materials

• metamorphic

• sedimentary

• crystal

• igneous

Hot molten rock below the earth's surface

• Magma

• inner core

• crust

• outer core

An area where two plates, converge, diverge, or move past one another.

• core

• lithosphere

• fault

• boundary

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

Formed from another rock type through heat or pressure

• inner core

• Metamorphic

• fault

• outer core

Large section of the lithosphere

• lava

• tectonic plate

• infrared wave

• fault

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

outer layer of soil

• mantle

• crust

• pedosphere

• inner crust

dislocation along a break in rock

• face

• fault

• surface

• crust