Unit 9 Vocabulary

What is the process called where sediment is moved from one place to another due to factors like wind or water flow?

• Weathering

• Erosion

• Deposition

• Uplift

Which type of rock is formed when magma or lava cools and hardens?

• Sedimentary Rock

• Igneous Rock

• Metamorphic Rock

• Lithosphere

What is the name given to the supercontinent that existed when all continents were joined together?

• Mesosphere

• Core

• Pangea

• Asthenosphere

What is the term for the series of processes in which rock changes from one type to another?

• Rock Cycle

• Rift Zone

• Uplift

• Subsidence

What is the Earth's thin outer shell called?

• Mantle

• Core

• Crust

• Lithosphere

What is the term for the process by which rocks change shape when under stress?

• Deformation

• Folding

• Fault

• Shear Stress

What is created when two tectonic plates slide past one another horizontally?

• Divergent Boundary

• Convergent Boundary

• Transform Boundary

• Fault

What is the name for melted rock beneath the Earth's surface?

• Lava

• Magma

• Vent

• Volcano

What is a hot spot in geological terms?

• A place on Earth's surface with a high temperature

• A location where a column of extremely hot mantle rock rises through the asthenosphere

• The point on the Earth's surface directly above an earthquake's focus

• The opening of a volcano

What is the term for the place within Earth along a fault at which the first motion of an earthquake occurs?

• Epicenter

• Seismogram

• Focus

• Magnitude