Earth's Materials Vocabulary

brittle, rocky outer layer of Earth.

• mantle

• crust

• core

• asthenosphere

the thick middle layer in the solid part of Earth.

• mantle

• lithosphere

• core

• crust

scientist group the crust and the uppermost mantle into a rigid layer.

• lithosphere

• asthenophere

• crust

• core

pudding like layer within the mantle.

• asthenosphere

• core

• mantle

• crust

dense metallic center of the earth

• sedimentary rock

• core

• crust

• mantle

outer part of the magnetic field that interacts with these particles

• magnetosphere

• asthenosphere

• lithosphere

• igneous rock

****BONUS***** Waves of energy caused by earthquakes and other rock movement.

• Seismic Waves

• Brain Waves

• Radioactive Waves

• Tsunami Waves

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

NGSS.MS-PS4-2

a theory that states that Earth's surface is made of rigid slabs of rock, or "plates," that move

• Plate tectonics

• Plate boundaries

• Divergent plate boundaries

• Convergent plate boundaries

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

forms where two tectonic plates divide, or separate, from each other

• divergent plate boundary

• convergent plate boundary

• transform plate boundary

• subduction zone

Tags

NGSS.HS-ESS1-5

NGSS.HS-ESS2-1

forms where two tectonic plates slide past each other

• transform plate boundary

• divergent plate boundary

• convergent plate boundary

• subduction zone