Geology Vocabulary Review

scientist who studies the makeup of the earth and the forces and processes that shape and change it

• astrologist

• meteorologist

• geologist

• geology

heavy, dense rock formed from cooled, hardened lava

• magma

• basalt

• lava

• silt

melted rock in Earth’s mantle

• lava

• basalt

• magma

• silt

red-hot melted rock that has erupted above Earth’s crust from deep underground

• lava

• basalt

• magma

• silt

The theory that Earth’s crust and the solid part of the mantle are broken up into sections that fit together but move against each other is called PLATE TECTONICS.

• TRUE

• FALSE

 a crack in Earth’s crust

• plate tectonics

• magnitude

• subduction zone

• fault

an earthquake’s strength

• plate tectonics

• magnitude

• fault

• subduction zone

the place where one tectonic plate is sliding beneath another

• plate tectonics

• fault

• magnitude

• subduction zone

a solid, nonliving substance found in the earth that makes up rocks

• mineral

• silt

very small sediments deposited by water

• mineral

• silt