Unit 2 Vocab

2. Molten rock underneath the earth's surface.
4. A bend in layers of rock, sometimes caused by plate movement.
7. The watery areas of earth, including oceans, lakes, rivers, and other bodies of water.
11. A theory that the continents were once joined and then slowly drifted apart.
12. A crack or break in earth's crust
14. The term scientists use to describe the activities of continental drift and magma flow which create many of earths physical features
15. Uppermost layer of the earth that includes the crust, continents, and ocean basins

1. The part of Earth where life exists
3. A thin layer of gasses that surrounds the earth.
5. Outer layer of the earth, hard rocky shell forming earth's surface.
6. Part of a continent that extends out underneath the ocean.
8. The movement of weathered rock and material by wind, glaciers, and moving water; The wearing away of soil.
9. Chemical or physical processes that break down rocks into smaller pieces
10. Thick middle layer of earth's interior structure consisting of hot rock that is dense but flexible.
13. Innermost layer of earth made up of super hot but solid inner core and super hot liquid outer core.