Forces Shaping the Earth Vocab Quiz

Theory that explains how continents formed and how they move.

• Plate Tectonics

• Earthquakes

• Faults

• Continental Shelf

Sudden, violent movements of the Earth's crust

• Plate Tectonics

• Earthquakes

• Faults

• Erosion

Plates move along side each other cracking the Earth's crust.

• Plate Tectonics

• Earthquakes

• Faults

• Continental Shelf

Water, ice, chemicals, plants break apart rock.

• Weathering

• Erosion

• Aquifers

• Trenches

When wind, water, and ice move weathered rock.

• Weathering

• Erosion

• Aquifer

• Trenches

Plateaus off the coasts of continents.

• Continental Shelf

• Plate Tectonics

• Trenches

• Aquifers

Tectonic activity makes cuts in the ocean floors.

• Continental Shelf

• Trenches

• Ground Water

• Aquifers

Water that filters through soil.

• Continental Shelf

• Trenches

• Ground Water

• Aquifers

Ground water gathers in layers of rock under the Earth's surface.

• Continental Shelf

• Trenches

• Ground Water

• Aquifers