5 th Grade Earth Vocabulary

1. 5th Grade Earth Vocabulary Ms. Thornburg’s Flash Cards!

2. What do we call a bowl shaped depression at the mouth of a volcano or geyser? Crater Your Name

3. What do we call a very large ocean wave that is caused by an underwater earthquake? Tsunami Your Name

4. What do we call a large mass of ice slowly moving over a mountain or through a valley? Glacier Your Name

5. What do we call molten rock that flows from a volcano or from a crack in the earth? Lava Your Name

6. What do we call the solid center of the Earth that is made of solid iron and nickel? Inner Core Your Name

7. What do we call the depressions in the continental crust that were formed when the plates pulled apart? Rift Valleys Your Name

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

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

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

11. What do we call the area outside the inner core that creates the Earth’s magnetic field? Outer Core Your Name

12. What instrument do scientists use to measure the strength of an earthquake? Seismograph Your Name

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

14. What fruit would be an example of the earth’s layers? Apple Your Name

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

16. How do earthquakes occur? When two plates press against each other, pressure begins to build. When the strain becomes too great, the ground moves suddenly along these faults and an earthquake happens. Your Name

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