Unit 2 Vocab

1. A bend in layers of rock, sometimes, caused by plate movement
4. The trem scientists use to describe the activities of continental drift and magma flow which create many of earths physical features
6. a thin layer of gases that surrounds the Earth
7. Thick middle layer of the earths interior structure consisting of hot rock that is dense but flexable
8. Innermost layer of earth made up of a super hot but solid inner core and super hot liquid outer core
10. Outer layer of the earth, hard rocky shell forming earths suface
11. Drift The theory that the continents were once joined and then slowly drifted apart
13. The watery areas of earth, including oceans, lakes, rivers, and other bodies of water
14. The part of earth where life exist
15. Molten rock that is located below earths surface

2. Uppermost layer of the earth that includes the crust, continents, and ocean basins
3. A crack or break in earths crust.
5. Chemical or physical processes that break down rocks into smaller pieces
9. Shelf Part of a continent that extends out underneath the ocean
12. The movement of weathered rock and material by wind, glaciers, and moving water; the wearing away of soil