Forces Shaping the Earth Vocab
| __ | 1. | Continents | | A. | Sudden and violent movements of the Earth's crust. | | __ | 2. | Core | | B. | Seven large land areas | | __ | 3. | Crust | | C. | Center of the Earth, hot iron mixed with rocks and metals | | __ | 4. | Earthquakes | | D. | Melted rock that is underground | | __ | 5. | Erosion | | E. | Layer of dense rock surrounding the core. | | __ | 6. | Faults | | F. | A thin rocky shell that form the surface of the Earth. | | __ | 7. | Magma | | G. | Theory of why the continents were formed and why they move. | | __ | 8. | Mantle | | H. | Cracks in the Earth's crust | | __ | 9. | Plate Tectonics | | I. | Water,ice, chemicals, and even plants break rocks apart. | | __ | 10. | Weathering | | J. | Weathering breaking rocks into smaller pieces is called? |
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