Earth Vocabulary Quiz

What rock is made from extreme heat and pressure?

• Metamorphic

• Igneous

• Sedimentary

• Minerals

The ____is formed where two tectonic plates meet under the ocean.

• trench

• mountain range

• mid-ocean ridge

• fault

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

A natural process that slowly breaks down or changes rocks on the Earth's surface.

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

The third planet from the sun and fifth largest planet in our solar system.

A ____ is a group of related things that work together as a whole.

• boundaries

• rock cycle

• Earth's layers

• system

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

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The ____is the layer of gases that surrounds Earth, and is often called air.

• hydrosphere

• biosphere

• atmosphere

• geosphere

The Earth's outer core is made up of _____ and nickel.

• rock

• iron

• magma

• convection currents

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NGSS.MS-PS1-1

Areas where the earth plates meet are called _____.

• energy

• boundaries

• tectonic plates

• trenches

The geological process where material is added to land.

• ice

• erosion

• weathering

• deposition

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

• fossils

• rocks

• minerals

• mountains

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NGSS.MS-LS4-1

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