Unit 3 vocabulary words

1. the dropping of weathered rock by wind or moving water
6. the boundary between two tectonic plates that are COLLIDING with each other
8. measures the magnitude of an earthquake on a scale of 1-10
10. the boundary between two tectonic plates moving AWAY from each other
12. the process of rock breaking apart
14. natural land shape or feature
17. thick layer of Earth beneath the crust
19. a place where hot gases, smoke, and melted rock come out of the ground onto Earth’s surface
20. a break in the Earth’s crust where rock on one side moves in relation to rock on the other side
21. scientist that studies earthquakes

2. the process of moving weathered rock from one place to another
3. the point on Earth’s surface directly above the focus of an earthquake
4. the boundary between tectonic plates that are sliding past each other horizontally
5. the layer of Earth extending from Earth’s center to the bottom of the mantle (Metallic)
6. the thin outer layer of Earth
7. is the molten rock that erupts from the volcano along with ash and hot gases
9. very small pieces of rock
11. the strength of an earthquake
13. a shaking of Earth’s surface that can cause land to rise and fall
15. the liquid rock below Earth’s crust
16. the theory that Earth’s crust is divided into plates that are always moving
18. scientist that studies volcanoes