Earth Structure Vocabulary Review

2. The process of sediments being placed in a new location from its original placement.
4. The movement of sediments from one location to another location.
6. A break in earth's crust.
8. A boundary type where two plates slide past one another. Causing Earthquakes.
11. A boundary where two plates collide into one another.
12. The process of rotating crops each year to preserve the nutrients in the soil.
14. The remains of animals and plants.
15. Layer of Earth made of solid iron and nickel.
18. Growing of crops without tilling the soil to prevent erosion.
19. Earth's outermost layer.
20. Rigid layer made of the uppermost part of the mantle and crust.

1. The movement of one plate going under another tectonic plate.
3. The process that breaks rock down into sediments.
5. Soft layer of mantle that tectonic plates float on.
7. The rock that was weathered to become the soil.
9. Responsibility of maintaining the health of the lithosphere for human usage.
10. Plowing the soil on the curve or slope of a hill.
12. Theory stating that the continents were once one large land mass and seperated into the continents that we have today.
13. Layer of Earth made of molten iron and nickel.
16. A boundary type where two plates move away from one another.
17. The layer responsible for the movement of plate tectonics.