Unit 8 - Changes to Earth's Surface

The center of Earth is made of metal

• Core

• Mantle

• Crust

• Fault

The process of rock breaking apart

• Erosion

• Weathering

• Deposition

• Fault

The dropping of weathered rock by wind or moving water

• Plate Tectonics

• Erosion

• Deposition

• Mantle

The thickest layer of Earth’s mass

• Core

• Fault

• Deposition

• Mantle

The point of Earth’s surface directly above the focus

• Volcano

• Epicenter

• Earthquake

• Focus

The theory that Earth’s crust is divided into plates that are always moving

• Plate Tectonics

• Fault

• Deposition

• Mantle

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

The process of moving weathered rock from one place to another

• Plate Tectonics

• Erosion

• Deposition

• Mantle

An opening that allows magma to reach Earth’s surface

• Volcano

• Epicenter

• Earthquake

• Focus

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

Earth’s rocky outer layer

• Core

• Mantle

• Crust

• Fault

 A break in Earth’s crust where rock on one side can move in relation to rock on the other side

• Erosion

• Weathering

• Crust

• Fault