chpt3

Question 1

earths center

Answer 1

core

Question 2

the zone that has most of earths mass mostly made of nickel and iron

Answer 2

mantle

Question 3

liquid rock within earth

Answer 3

magma

Question 4

earth is divided into rigid plates.

Answer 4

plate tectonics

Question 5

earths plates slowly move across the upper mantle

Answer 5

continental drift

Question 6

the crust streaches until it breaks

Answer 6

rift valleys

Question 7

rocks gradually sick no supporting heat below them flattest and smoothest regions

Answer 7

abyssal plaims

Question 8

continental surfaces extend under the shallow ocean water

Answer 8

continental shelves

Question 9

deep valley under marking a collison of plates

Answer 9

trench

Question 10

rocks have been compressed into bends by colliding plates

Answer 10

folds

Question 11

rock masses have been broken apart and are moving away from eachother

Answer 11

faults

Question 12

the process by which rocks break and decay over time

Answer 12

weathering

Question 13

small particles of weathered rocks

Answer 13

sediment

Question 14

movement of surface material from one location to another

Answer 14

erosion

Question 15

thick masses of ice

Answer 15

glaciers

Question 16

elevated flatland that rises sharply

Answer 16

plateau

Question 17

fan shaped deposit of mud and gravel

Answer 17

alluvial fan

Question 18

move out into the ocean and sink

Answer 18

delta