Science vocabulary

2. a line of mountains connected by high ground
5. transfer of heat by waves that can travel through air or space
7. a specific geomorphic feature on the surface of the earth
12. a process that raises or builds up the surface features of the earth
15. a flat elevated area
17. transfer of heat through direct contact of molecules of matter
18. the rocky outer layer of the earths surface; the two types of crust are continental and oceanic
19. all water on earth
20. transfer of heat through a liquid or gas by a current
24. height of a land feature measured relative to sea level
29. a feature of the earths surface
31. wave of energy that radiates out from an earthquakes focus
32. the upper layer of the earths mantle below the lithosphere

1. a process that lowers or tears down the surface features of the earth
3. current that flows through a liquid or gas because of differences in density
4. a very hard, granular, crystalline, igneous rock.
6. a large natural elevation of earth
8. difference in height of landforms in a region
9. all of the living organisms on earth
10. a dark, fine-grained volcanic rock
11. amount of mass per unit of volume of a substance
13. continuous physical force
14. ability to work
16. layer of solid, brittle, rock that makes up the earths surface composed of the crust and uppermost mantle
21. changes in elevation for a given region
22. the solid material found in the center of some planets
23. a set of things working together as one
25. a fluid layer about 2,400 km thick
26. mixture of gases that surrounds a planet such as earth
27. any of the almost spherical concentric regions of matter that make up the earth
28. low-lying continental areas that can be inland or coastal
30. the middle layer of the earth, made of hot rock that circulates by convention and located between the crust and core