Unit 2 vocabulary

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

1. A crack or break in earths crust.
2. Part of a continent that extends out underneath the ocean
4. Uppermost layer of the earth that includes the crust, continents, and ocean basins
6. Chemical or physical processes that break down rocks into smaller pieces
8. The part of earth where life exist
9. The movement of weathered rock and material by wind, glaciers, and moving water; the wearing away of soil
11. Outer layer of the earth, hard rocky shell forming earths suface