Vocabulary

An earthquake that occurs after a longer earthquake in the same area

The grinding away of rock by other rock particles carried in water ice or wind.

Scientist to studies the universe beyond earth

Envelope of gases that surround Earth

Smallest particles of an element

All living things on the planet earth

The process of binding together particles by cement

Any property of a substance that produces a change in the composition of matter

Composed of two or more separate elements. A mixture

Process by which heat or electricity is directly transmitted through a substance.

Helps build up Earth.

Only one variable is manipulated at a time.

Fluid by the tendency of hotter and therefore less dense material to rise.

Organism who decomposes organic material.

Slowly where is away mountains and other surfaces on earth

Sudden, violent shaking of the ground. movement in earths crust.

All items are the same that cannot be broken down into other substances

Designs and builds machines and more

Point on earth surface vertically above the focus of an earthquake

Eroded by wind, water, or other natural agents.

Process by which all the different kinds of living things have changed over time.

Volcano – no longer active Organism – no longer exists

Lava flows onto earth surface and hardens causing igneous rock layers.

Igneous rock that forms from lava on earth surface.