Unit 2 Vocab
Across
- 1. A bend in layers of rock, sometimes, caused by plate movement
- 4. The trem scientists use to describe the activities of continental drift and magma flow which create many of earths physical features
- 6. a thin layer of gases that surrounds the Earth
- 7. Thick middle layer of the earths interior structure consisting of hot rock that is dense but flexable
- 8. Innermost layer of earth made up of a super hot but solid inner core and super hot liquid outer core
- 10. Outer layer of the earth, hard rocky shell forming earths suface
- 11. Drift The theory that the continents were once joined and then slowly drifted apart
- 13. The watery areas of earth, including oceans, lakes, rivers, and other bodies of water
- 14. The part of earth where life exist
- 15. Molten rock that is located below earths surface
Down
- 2. Uppermost layer of the earth that includes the crust, continents, and ocean basins
- 3. A crack or break in earths crust.
- 5. Chemical or physical processes that break down rocks into smaller pieces
- 9. Shelf Part of a continent that extends out underneath the ocean
- 12. The movement of weathered rock and material by wind, glaciers, and moving water; the wearing away of soil