Unit 4 Vocab

3. Soil Particle that is smaller than sand but larger than clay, moderate porosity and permeability, ideal for farming
4. Tectonic plates that lie beneath the ocean floor
6. Diagram used to classify soil based on the relative percentage of sand, clay, and silt
7. An opening in Earth's crust where lava comes out of, formed by convergent and divergent boundaries
8. Process by which one plate goes underneath the other
10. The soil particle that has small pores, low permeability, and high porosity
11. Tectonic plate that forms the continent
12. Type of soil made up of large particles, high permeability
14. The proportion of a soil or rock that consists of pore spaces between particles
16. The boundary of plate tectonics moving away from each other
18. The boundary of plate tectonics sliding past each other
19. A Large zone of frequent earthquakes and intense volcanic activity that surrounds the Pacific Ocean
20. Process by which soil and rock are physically worn away and transported by wind, water, ice, or gravity

1. Pieces that make up the lithosphere
2. An area of land in which all precipitation and surface runoff drain to the same body of water
5. A curved chain of volcanic islands that form at a convergent plate boundary
9. The boundary of plate tectonics coming together
13. Distinct layers of soil that develop over time as a result of weathering
15. The measure of how easily water or other fluids can move through spaces, or pores, between soil or rock particles
17. location where plume of hot mantle rises toward the surface