Earth Science

4. scientific study of landforms and the processes that shape them
5. Oldest mountain range in North America
7. the border between two tectonic plates
8. a term derived from a Greek word "tekton".
10. zone where two lithospheric plates move apart from each other
11. waves that cause the most damage to buildings and other structures.
14. mountain that opens downward to a reservoir of molten rock called magma below the surface of the earth.
15. Fault Boundary is a zone between two plates that slide horizontally past one another.
16. also called table mountains.
20. the study of the extended climatic conditions of past geologic ages.
22. crust the solid ground where you stand.
24. he proposed the continential drift theory.
26. any sudden shaking of the ground caused by the passage of seismic waves through Earth’s rocks.
28. flat and broad land areas that have no great changes in elevation when measured with reference to the mean sea level.
29. Longest mountain range in the world.

1. a seismic wave that moves through the interior of the earth.
2. the highest mountain system and also the youngest in the world.
3. Japanese word for "big wave in the port".
6. location on Earth's surface that have experienced active volcanic activities for a long period of time.
9. it occurs where two plates are pushing toward each other
10. typically a low-lying triangular area located at the mouth of rivers where it meets an ocean, a sea, or an estuary.
12. who developed and published "Theartrum Orbis Terrarum".
13. refers to a large wave that moves up and down instead of forward.
17. Largest mountain system in Europe
18. defined as the natural physical features on the surface of the Earth.
19. small earthquakes that commonly precede a major earthquake.
21. Junction the point at which three plate boundaries meet.
23. refers to the forces and events that lead to a large structural deformation of Earth's lithosphere.
25. crack across which the rocks have been offset first.
27. elevated portions of land that are formed by geologic activities such as faulting.