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Molten rock flowing from a volcano
Lava
Release of energy through earth's crust due to changes taking place beneath them
Earthquake
A place where two plates of the lithosphere move away from each other
Divergent boundaries
The base rock of an ancient mountain region that has been worn away, leaving a flat, rocky landform region
Shield
A large, flat to gently rolling region
Plain
a high, flat region that has been lifted up by movements of earth’s surface
Plateau
A place where side by side plates grind past each other
Transform boundaries
the theory that earth’s surface is made up of rigid plates that are pushed by forces inside the planet
Plate tectonics
the outer, solid layer of Earth made up of moving plates
Lithosphere
The wearing away of earth’s surface by wind, water, or glacial action
Erosion
A place where two plates of the lithosphere come together
Convergent boundaries
The natural features that make up earth's surface
Landforms
Extremely hot fluid or semi-fluid material under earth’s crust
Magma
Soft weak layer under the lithosphere upon which tectonic plates move
Asthenosphere
The breaking down of rocks by physical or chemical processes
Weathering
Release of energy through earth's crust due to changes taking place beneath them
Earthquake
an opening in earth’s crust from which molten rock or magma escapes to reach the surface
Volcano