Voc. Words Unit 5

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

• conclude

• Seismic Wave

• Geologist

• Theory

an explanation for why something happens based on evidence 

• theory

• conclude

• hypothesis

• catastrophe

a terrible, sudden event 

• Seismic wave

• catastrophe

• lava

• basalt

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

• hypothesis

• continental drift

• Lava

• magma

a process in which continents slowly move over time on the surface of the earth. 

• Seismic Wave

• theory

• hypothesis

• Continental Drift

melted rock in Earth’s mantle 

• magma

• lava

• basalt

• catastrophe

a process in which continents slowly move over time on the surface of the earth. 

• Theory

• Continental Drift

• Magma

• Basalt

heavy, dense rock formed from cooled, hardened lava 

• Basalt

• conclude

• continental drift

• Geologist

an idea that has been suggested and may be true but hasn’t yet been proven 

• basalt

• theory

• Hypothesis

• conclude

to decide something or form an opinion based on information you have. 

• Theory

• Seismic Wave

• Geologist

• Conclude