Geology Vocabulary

2. It is caused by differential heating and one of the three heat transfers.
5. When 2 tectonic plates move away from each other.
7. The first waves after an earthquake and can travel through liquid.
13. The most destructive type of seismic waves.
14. When 2 tectonic plates come together and collide.
17. Caused by the shifting of tectonic plates and creates seismic waves.
19. An elevated portion of Earth's crust. Normally esposes bedrock.
21. A super continent from 250 million years ago.
23. An area around the Pacific Ocean which has many earthquakes and volcanoes.
27. The liquid part of Earth's core.
28. The most solid part of Earth's interior. Also the largest.
29. A loose surface material that covers most of Earth's land. Plants grow in it.
30. A material which forms in soil after plants or animals decay.
32. A stress that stretches rock in opposite directions.
33. A fracture between two rocks, normally tectonic plates.

1. The lower part of Earth's mantle and part solid, part liquid.
3. When two tectonic plates move past each other.
4. A rock deformation that is formed by compressive stress.
6. When tectonic plates split apart split apart from one another.
8. When an oceanic plate slides under a continental plate after running into it.
9. An opening in a planet's crust where things erupt out of.
10. A soft, loose material that is found on Earth and used in pottery.
11. Depressions on the seafloor caused by tectonic plates.
12. The solid part of Earth's core.
14. A stress at the center of a rock mass.
15. Waves that travel through Earth and are normally caused by earthquakes.
16. A giant wave usually caused by underwater earthquakes.
18. Giant portions of Earth's crust. They can cause earthquakes.
20. Arrive after the P-Wave.
22. Continents moving due to tectonic plates.
24. Upper part of Earth's mantle.
25. The shell of a planet that is the outermost.
26. It is soil made out of sand, silt, and a little bit of clay.
31. A lower than normal portion of land between two hills or mountains.