Form 14: Earth Science Vocabulary Exercise

Form 14: Earth Science Vocabulary

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Form 14: Earth Science Vocabulary

Practice and reinforce key Earth science terms related to geology, earthquakes, volcanoes, and plate tectonics.

Questions

  1. MultiChoice

    What branch of science focuses on Earth's structure, rocks, and physical processes?

  2. MultiChoice

    What science vocabulary word means liquid rock underground?

  3. WordsBox

    Scientists who study volcanoes are ____ while those who study earthquakes are ____

  4. MultiChoice

    What is the term for a crack in Earth's crust along which rock sections slip?

  5. MultiChoice

    What word means the surface position directly above an earthquake's start point?

  6. WordsBox

    Where plates separate is a ____ boundary, while colliding plates form a ____ boundary.

  7. MultiChoice

    What vocabulary word describes one plate bending and sinking beneath another?

  8. MultiChoice

    What is the paper printout or digital graph produced by a earthquake detector?

  9. WordsBox

    Molten rock on top of Earth's surface is ____ while molten rock under the surface is ____

  10. MultiChoice

    What term includes both the crust and uppermost solid mantle layer?

  11. MultiChoice

    What hot, semi-fluid upper mantle layer do tectonic plates float on?

  12. WordsBox

    Tectonic plates float slowly on the warmer, plastic-like layer called the ____ inside the upper ____