Earth Science Test 2

1. a mountain formed by magma pushing up on the lithosphere without breaking through it
4. plate, a massive, irregularly shaped slab of lithosphere.
5. The study of the magnetic properties of rocks that were determined by the earth's
7. the place where earthquakes begin
9. material, hot pieces of solid rock emitted during many volcanic eruptions
11. the process of transferring energy through the movement of heated or cooled fluid.
12. wave, a wave that vibrates parallel to the direction it travels
13. the point on the earth's surface directly above the focus

2. field at the time they were formed.
3. deflection of a wave due to a change in the material through which it is traveling
6. the downward motion of a plate into the mantle as it moves under another plate.
8. a fracture between two blocks of rock that allows the rocks to move relative to each other.
10. plate, a boundary between two plates that are moving toward each other.