unit 3 vocab

2. the gradual movement and formation of continents (as described by plate tectonics)
5. a cluster of parallel faults
6. the study of the Earth's magnetic field preserved in rocks
9. typically a curving chain of volcanic islands occurring around the margin of ocean basins
10. is used as a convenient way to help identify minerals.
12. the deformation of a material from stress
13. a crack in the earth's crust resulting from the displacement of one side with respect to the other
15. a naturally occurring inorganic element or compound having an orderly internal structure and characteristic chemical composition, crystal form, and physical properties.
16. the solid part of the Earth consisting of the crust and outer mantle
18. the most extensive chain of mountains on Earth
19. a web of processes that outlines how each of the three major rock types
20. a fissure in the earth's crust (or in the surface of some other planet) through which molten lava and gases erupt
22. places where plates slide sideways past each other
23. occurs at divergent plate boundaries

1. formed from deposits of pre-existing rocks or pieces of once-living organism that accumulate on the Earth's surface
3. form when hot, molten rock crystallizes and solidifies
4. a geological process that causes a bend in a stratum of rock
7. the branch of geology studying the folding and faulting of the earth's crust
8. When two plates come together
11. the lower layer of the crust
12. the force acting on the unit area of a material
14. alteration in the shape or dimensions of an object as a result of the application of stress to it
15. started out as some other type of rock, but have been substantially changed from their original igneous, sedimentary, or earlier metamorphic form
17. occurs when two tectonic plates move away from each other.
21. a general equilibrium of the forces tending to elevate or depress the earth's crust