Science 8 Chapter 4+5 Vocab

5. stress that stretches rock so that is becomes thinner in the middle
6. stress that squeezes a rock until it folds or breaks
8. the transfer of energy by electromagnetic waves
10. Fault a type of fault where the hanging wall slides upward; caused by compression in the crust
11. the process by which oceanic crust sinks beneath a deep ocean trench and back into the mantle at a congruent plate boundary
12. the molten mixture of rock forming substances gases and water from the mantle
13. An area where magma from deep within the mantle melts through the crust above it
15. the transfer of thermal energy by the movement of a fluid
16. Fault a type of fault where the hanging wall slides downward; caused by tension in the crust

1. boundary a plate boundary word two plates move past each other in opposite directions
2. the focus on Earth's surface directly above an Earthquake's focus
3. Ocean Trench a deep valley along the ocean floor beneath which oceanic crust slowly sinks towards the mantle
4. boundary a plate boundary where two plates move towards each other
7. boundary a clay boundary where two plates move away from each other
9. the transfer of thermal energy from one particle of a matter to another
14. stress that pushes masses of rock in opposite directions, in a sideways movement