Earth Science Vocab Review

What is the process in which sediment is laid down in new locations?

What is the process by which weathered rock and soil are moved from one place to another?

What is the central part of the earth below the mantle?

What is the breaking down of rocks and other materials on the Earth's surface?

What is the Earth's outermost layer?

What is a theory stating that the earth's surface is broken into plates that move?

What is a change that happens to the environment over a long period of time?

What is molten rock beneath the earth's surface?

What is a break in the earth's crust?

What is a mountain that has lava being erupted from the earth's crust?

A change to Earth's surface that occurs in a short period of time

What is a sudden and violent shaking of the ground?

What are vibrations that travel through Earth carrying the energy released during an earthquake

What is a processes that builds up or creates land at earth's surface

What is the point on the Earth's surface directly above the focus of an earthquake?

What is a physical feature on Earth's surface?

What is the study of earthquakes and seismic waves?

What is a process that destroys landforms?

What is the layer of hot, solid material between Earth's crust and core?

What is something on the outside (ground) of a planet such as a crater or mountain or volcano?