Unit 2 Vocab

123456789101112131415
Across
  1. 1. Molten rock that is located below earths surface
  2. 6. The movement of weathered rock and material by wind, glaciers, and moving water; the wearing away of soil
  3. 7. Shelf Part of a continent that extends out underneath the ocean
  4. 10. Chemical or physical processes that break down rocks into smaller pieces
  5. 11. Tectonic The trem scientists use to describe the activities of continental drift and magma flow which create many of earths physical features
  6. 12. The part of earth where life exist
  7. 13. A crack or break in earths crust.
  8. 14. The watery areas of earth, including oceans, lakes, rivers, and other bodies of water
  9. 15. Innermost layer of earth made up of a super hot but solid inner core and super hot liquid outer core
Down
  1. 2. a thin layer of gases that surrounds the Earth
  2. 3. Thick middle layer of the earths interior structure consisting of hot rock that is dense but flexable
  3. 4. Drift The theory that the continents were once joined and then slowly drifted apart
  4. 5. A bend in layers of rock, sometimes, caused by plate movement
  5. 8. Uppermost layer of the earth that includes the crust, continents, and ocean basins
  6. 9. Outer layer of the earth, hard rocky shell forming earths suface