5th Grade Vocabulary SOL Review Part 3

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

• mantle

• erosion

• weathering

• deposition

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

• erosion

• deposition

• weathering

• mantle

When bits of soil, rocks, and other sediments settle in a new place.

• deposition

• erosion

• weathering

• mantle

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

• crust

• inner core

• mantle

• outer core

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

• inner core

• mantle

• crust

• outer core

The liquid layer surrounding the inner core.

• inner core

• crust

• mantle

• outer core

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

• inner core

• crust

• mantle

• outer core

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

• divergent boundaries

• convergent boundaries

• transform boundaries

• mantle

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

• mantle

• convergent boundaries

• divergent boundaries

• transform boundaries

Tectonic plates that slide past each other, causing earthquakes.

• transform boundaries

• mantle

• convergent boundaries

• divergent boundaries