Tectonic Plate Boundaries

2. mineralized remains of organisms (shows how long the dead organisms lived and how their bodies were structured)
6. Map showing the shape and elevation of the land surface using contour lines
7. solid fragments of weathered rock are eroded (moved) and then dropped into a new place (wind, water, ice, and gravity)
9. Solid layer with some plasticity located just below the lithosphere (plates float and move on this layer)
10. mechanical or chemical processes that break rocks into smaller pieces
11. 1st theory describing the history of Earth’s surface that says the continents were once connected, and have since drifted apart (Alfred Wegener)
16. outermost layer of Earth that is divided into enormous pieces called tectonic plates (consists of the crust and top part of the mantle)
17. parallel pattern of rock material found at identical locations across the Mid-Atlantic Ridge, reveals rock of the same geologic age (Harry Hess)

1. The study of many different kinds of earth science and could be inside or outside of Earth(atmosphere, weather, etc.)
3. Maps Photos or images taken of Earth from space
4. 2nd theory describing the history of the Earth’s surface that says the lithosphere is divided into plates that are moving on top of the asthenosphere (Dan McKenzie)
5. Interval The difference in elevation between two adjacent contour lines of a map.
8. Natural physical features of the Earth’s surface (ex: hills, valleys, and rivers)
12. the study of Earth’s surface and its features (especially in terms of elevation)
13. when a denser plate is pushed down beneath a less dense plate that occurs at a convergent boundary which creates volcanoes and trenches
14. distance above sea level
15. Process by which water, ice, wind, and gravity remove and transport sediments