geography

5. tectonic The term scientists use to describe the activities of continental drift and magma flow which create many of earths physical features
8. Uppermost layer of the earth that includes the crust, continents, and ocean basins
10. The watery areas of earth, including oceans, lakes, rivers, and other bodies of water
12. the envelope of gases surrounding the earth or another planet.
13. Molten rock that is located below earths surface
15. The movement of weathered rock and material by wind, glaciers, and moving water; the wearing away of soil

1. Thick middle layer of the earths interior structure consisting of hot rock that is dense but flexible
2. Chemical or physical processes that break down rocks into smaller pieces
3. drift The theory that the continents were once joined and then slowly drifted apart
4. shelf Part of a continent that extends out underneath the ocean
6. The part of earth where life exist
7. Outer layer of the earth, hard rocky shell forming earths surface
9. Innermost layer of earth made up of a super hot but solid inner core and super hot liquid outer core
11. A crack or break in earths crust.
14. A bend in layers of rock, sometimes, caused by plate movement