This 10 page Lesson Plan contains the following 58 vocabulary words and definitions related to the Earth's Crust Unit in Earth Science:

Earthquake, Fault, Tilted Strata, Focus, Epicenter, Intensity, Seismograph, Seismometer, Seismic Waves, Magnitude, P-Waves, S-Waves, Transverse Wave, Wavelength, Seismologist, Origin Time, Bedrock, Crust, Continental Crust, Granitic, Oceanic Crust, Basaltic, Mantle, Moho (Mohoroicic Discontinuity), Meteorites, Core, Outer Core, Inner Core, 'Ring of Fire', Magma, Volcanic Ash, Walking the Outcrop, Tsunami, Continental Drift, Isostasy, Plate Tectonics, Tectonics, Tectonic Structures, Subsidence, Plate Boundaries, Convergence, Convergent Boundary, Subduction Zone, Ocean Trench, Transform Boundary, Divergent Boundary, Mid-ocean Ridges, Ocean-floor Spreading, Zone of Crustal Activity, Abyssal Plaines, Seamount, Rift, Radiation, Conduction, Convection, Convection Cells, Lithosphere, Asthenosphere

This vocabulary lesson plan can be used as a transparency or handout to introduce or review unit vocabulary words. I usually have students look these words up on their own, and then we review them as a class.

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