1. Earth Science Vocabulary I

2. A physical feature on Earth’s surface

3. landform

4. A rigid block of crust and upper mantle rock

5. plate

6. A theory of how Earth’s continents move over its surface

7. continental drift

8. The dropping off of soil and rock particles by waves, wind, running water, or glaciers

9. deposition

10. A mountain formed by lava and ash

11. volcano

12. Hot, soft rock from Earth’s lower mantle

13. magma

14. A super continent containing all of Earth’s land that existed about 225 million years ago

15. Pangaea

16. A shaking of the ground caused by the sudden release of energy in Earth’s crust

17. earthquake

18. A break or place where pieces of Earth’s crust move

19. fault

20. The remains or traces of past life found in sedimentary rock

21. fossil

22. A ridge of sand created by wind, found in deserts or near lakes and oceans

23. sand dune

24. The thin, outer layer of Earth

25. crust

26. The layer of rock beneath Earth’s crust

27. mantle

28. the center of the Earth

29. core

30. A low triangular area where a river divides before entering a larger body of water

31. delta

32. The End