Earth Science Vocabulary

The study of Earth and its materials

Earth materials in the environment that are useful to people

Rock that formed when sediments were pressed and cemented together

The breaking down and wearing away of rock

The movement of weathered material by water, wind, or ice

Shaking of Earth's crust caused by rock slabs moving against each other deep below the crust

Rocks that formed when another kind of rock was squeezed and heated deep inside Earth's crust

Resources that nature can produce again and again in a relatively short time period

Rock that formed from cooled magma or lava

A very large and violent tropical storm