5th Grade Vocabulary Part 7

Tectonic plates that move toward each other, forming mountains and causing earthquakes.

• divergent plates
• transforming plates
• colliding plates
• convergent plates

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

Tectonic plates that slide past each other, causing earthquakes.

• Divergent Boundaries

• Convergent Boundaries

• Transform Boundaries

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

Rocks formed when lava or magma cools and hardens.

• Volcanic rocks
• Igneous rocks
• Metamorphic rocks
• Sedimentary rocks

Rocks formed when sediments are cemented together.

• Metamorphic rocks
• Igneous rocks
• Volcanic rocks
• Sedimentary rocks

Rocks formed by heat and pressure.

• igneous rocks
• metamorphic rocks
• volcanic rocks
• sedimentary rocks

A model that shows the process where rocks move and change form over time.

• rock cycle
• rock metamorphosis
• rock evolution
• rock transformation

The remains or traces of plants and animals that lived long ago.

• artifacts
• remnants
• relics
• fossils

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS4-1

NGSS.MS-LS4-2

Energy that comes from natural resources that cannot be replaced after they are used because they take millions of years to form.

• wind energy
• renewable energy
• solar power
• non renewable energy

Energy that comes from resources that are replaced naturally and can be used again.

• sustainable energy
• reusable energy
• replenishable energy
• renewable energy

Oil, coal, and natural gas are all examples of ____________. This is another term for nonrenewable energy.

• renewable energy
• solar power
• fossil fuels
• wind turbines