Convergent boundary

Crust

Core

Focus

Fossil fuel

The border formed by the collision of two tectonic plates

 

The thin and solid outermost layer of Earth above the mantle

 

The central part of Earth below the mantle; also the center of the sun

 

The place of origin of an earthquake

 

A fuel such as coal, oil or natural gas that is formed in Earth from plant or animal remains

 

 

Liquid rock produced under Earth’s surface; igneous rocks are made from magma

 

The gaseous envelope surrounding the earth

 

The solid, outer layer of Earth that consists of the crust and the rigid upper part of the mantle

A collection of stars, dust, and gas bound together by gravity

 

The attraction of the mass of Earth, the moon or a planet for bodies at or near its surface

Magma

Atmosphere

Lithosphere

Galaxy

Gravity

 

Divergent boundary

Mantle

Metamorphic rock

Sedimentary rock

Igneous rock

The boundary between two tectonic plates that are moving away from each other

The layer of rock between Earth’s crust and the core

A rock that forms from other rocks as a result of intense heat, pressure, or chemical processes

A rock formed from compressed or cemented layers of sediment

Rock that forms when magma cools and solidifies

 

Mid-oceanic ridges

Magnetic reversal

Asteroid

Meteor

Mineral

Mountain ranges at divergent boundaries in oceanic crust (ex. Mid-Atlantic Ridge)

 

Periods of time in which there was a reversal in direction of the Earth’s magnetic field

 

A small rocky body orbiting the sun

 

Any of the small particles of matter in the solar system that are directly observable only by their incandescence from frictional heating on entry into the atmosphere

 

A natural, usually inorganic solid that has characteristic chemical composition, an orderly internal structure, and a characteristic set of physical properties

 

 

Ocean trench

Big Bang Theory

Weathering

Volcano

Fault

A long, narrow, deep depression in the ocean bed

 

The theory that all matter and energy in the universe was compressed into an extremely small volume that 10 to 20 billion years ago exploded and began expanding in all directions

 

The natural process by which atmospheric and environmental agents, such as wind, rain, and temperature changes, disintegrate and decompose rocks

 

A vent in the crust of the Earth or another planet from which usually molten rock, ash and steam are ejected

 

A crack in Earth created when rocks on either side of a break move

 

 

Star

 

 

 

 

A large celestial body that is composed of gas and that emits light