Earth Science: Changing Earth Vocabulary

continental drift

• the slow movement of the Earth's continents, which all started out as one large continent

• the fast movement of Earth's continents

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crust

• the inside layer of the Earth

• the outside layer of the Earth

erosion

• the moving away of rocks and soil by wind, water, or glaciers

• the adding of rocks and soil by wind, water, or glaciers

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fossil

• the living creature found on land

• the remains or impression of an organism in sedimentary rock

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geologist

• scientist who studies the Earth and its history

• scientist who studies bugs

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igneous rocks

• form when magma is below the Earth's crust

• form when magma cools and hardens

lava

• hard rock that stays below the Earth's surface

• molten rock that rises to the surface of the Earth

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magma

• molten rock found on the Earth's surface

• molten rock found deep in the Earth

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metamorphic rock

• rock that has been changed by heat and pressure

• rock that has been changed by wind and water

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paleontologist

• scientist who studies fossils

• scientist who studies cats

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