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Grade 4 Chapter 8
vocabulary for chapter 8 grade 4
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| the innermost layer of Earth | core |
| the outermost layer of Earth | crust |
| the dropping of sediment moved by water, wind, and ice | deposition |
| a sudden movement of part of Earth's crust | earthquake |
| the movement of rock material from one place to another | erosion |
| a large mass of ice that moves slowly over land | glacier |
| a thick layer of rock between Earth's crust and core | mantle |
| new rock that forms when existing rocks are changed by heat, pressure, or chemicals | metamorphic rock |
| a solid, nonliving material of specific chemical makeup | mineral |
| a solid material that is made up of one or more minerals | rock |
| the continuous series of change that rocks go through | rock cycle |
| sand, particles of rock, bits of soil, and the remains of once-living things | sediment |
| a type of rock that forms when sediment becomes pressed together and hardens | sedimentary rock |
| an opening in Earth's crust through which hot ash, gases, and molten rock escape from deep inside Earth | volcano |
| the slow wearing away of rock into smaller pieces | weathering |