The Earth Changes Vocabulary Review

molten rock stored below Earth's surface.

• Magma

• Lava

• Moosh Moosh rock

• Liquid rock

the mechanical and chemical processes that change Earth’s surface over time and weaken the rock.

• Weathering

• Erosion

• Deposition

• Lithification

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the moving of weathered material, or sediment, from one location to another.

• Weathering

• Erosion

• Deposition

• Lithification

the laying down or settling of eroded material.

• Weathering

• Erosion

• Deposition

• Lithification

the process through which sediment turns into rock.

• Weathering

• Erosion

• Deposition

• Lithification

a naturally occurring solid composed of minerals, rock fragments, and sometimes other materials such as organic matter.

• Mineral

• Rock

• Rock Cycle

the series of processes that change one type of rock into another type of rock.

• Mineral

• Rock

• Rock Cycle

The physical process of sorting by differences in density and composition.

• Differentiation (Earth's Layers)

• Crust

• Mantle

• Core

The low density outer most layer of the Earth

• Differentiation (Earth's Layers)

• Crust

• Mantle

• Core

The medium density middle layer of the Earth

• Differentiation (Earth's Layers)

• Crust

• Mantle

• Core