Vocab Words

1. a layer of Earth's atmosphere
3. any large igneous body that has congealed from magma underground
5. occurs when two tectonic plates move away from each other
7. how much space an object or substance takes up in relation to the amount of matter
9. the mostly solid bulk of Earth's interior
13. a fluid's resistance to flow
14. the process that occurs when two tectonic plates meet at convergent boundaries, and one of the plates moves under the other one due to gravity and differences in density
15. the movement caused within a fluid by the tendency of hotter and therefore less dense material to rise and colder denser material to sink

2. instruments used to record the motion of the ground during an earthquake
4. a change in shape or size resulting from applied force (deformation)
6. any process that affects the shape, size, or volume of an area of the Earth's crust
8. the force applied to a rock and may cause deformation
10. the solid outer part of Earth
11. the point on the Earth's surface directly above the focus or hypocenter of an earthquake
12. the place inside Earth's crust where an earthquake originates