5 th Grade Earth Vocabulary Ms. Thornburg’s Flash Cards!

Your Name What do we call the theory of how Earth’s continents move over its surface? Continental drift

Your Name What do we call the process of breaking rock into soil, sand, and other tiny pieces? Weathering

Your Name What do we call a shaking of the ground caused by the sudden release of energy in Earth’s crust? Earthquake

Your Name What do we call the process of dropping, or depositing, sediment in a new location? Deposition

Your Name What do we call the process of moving sediment from one place to another? Erosion

Your Name What do we call a mountain formed by lava and ash? Volcano

Your Name What do we call molten rock from Earth’s mantle? Magma

Your Name What do we call a break or place where pieces of Earth’s crust move? Fault

Your Name What do we call a supercontinent containing all of Earth’s land that existed about 225 million years ago? Pangea

Your Name What do we call the center of the Earth? Core

Your Name What do we call a physical feature of Earth’s surface? Landform

Your Name What do we call a rigid block of crust and upper mantle rock? Plate

Your Name What do we call the downhill movement of rock and soil because of gravity? Mass movement

Your Name What do we call the layer of rock beneath Earth’s crust? Mantle

Your Name What do we call the remains or traces of past life found in sedimentary rock? Fossils

Your Name What do we call the thin, outer layer of Earth? Crust