5th Grade Vocabulary Part 6

The breaking down and changing of rocks and minerals due to natural processes.

• Weathering

• Erosion

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

The process of soil, rocks, and other sediments being carried away or moved by natural forces such as wind, wate and ice.

• weathering
• erosion
• deposition
• sedimentation

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

The process of soil, rocks, and other sediments being carried away or moved by natural forces such as wind, in a new place.

• deposition
• weathering
• sedimentation
• erosion

The thin, outermost layer of the Earth. It is composed of solid rock.

• core
• crust
• mantle
• atmosphere

The largest layer that is between the crust and the outer core. It is made of hot, semi-solid rock.

• outer core

• inner core

• crust
• mantle

The liquid layer surrounding the inner core.

• crust
• outer core
• inner mantle
• ocean

A solid sphere at the center of the Earth. It is made of materials such as iron and nickel.

• Inner core

• Outer Core

• Earth's crust
• Earth's mantle

Tectonic plates that move apart from each other, forming volcanoes and mountains.

• divergent plates
• subduction plates
• transform plates
• convergent plates