Chapter 2 Vocab

uppermost layer of the Earth that includes the crust, continents, and ocean basins.

• Hydrosphere

• Lithosphere

• Bathosphere

• Atmosphere

Underwater extension of the coastal plain

• Continental Shelf

• Moraine

• Continental Drift

• Plate Tectonics

Piles of rocky debris left by melting rocks.

• Continental Shelf

• Moraine

• Continental Drift

• Plate Tectonics

Large body of ice that moves across earth's surface

• Weathering

• Erosion

• Glacier

 term scientists use to describe the activities of continental drift and magma flow, which create many of Earth's physical features

• Continental Shelf

• Moraine

• Continental Drift

• Plate Tectonics

the part of the Earth where life exists

• Bathosphere

• Biodome

• Biosphere

• Lithosomes

Outer layer of the Earth, a hard rocky shell on Earth's surface

• Magma

• Mantle

• Core

• Crust

• Fault

a crack or break in Earth's crust

• Magma

• Mantle

• Core

• Crust

• Fault

Process by which ocean plates dive beneath continental plates, often causing mountains to form on land.

• Subduction

• Accretion

• Spreading

• Fold

The water areas of the Earth, including oceans, lakes, rivers, and other bodies of water.

• Hydrosphere

• Lithosphere

• Bathosphere

• Atmosphere