Result of compression of plates that creates a trench: Subduction

Deep Sea Drilling Program: DSDP

A process that breaks down rock and soil through physical action: Mechanical Weathering

Result of tension that forms a volcanic mountain chain on land: Rift

Result of tension that causes plates to form: Divergent

Is found in rocks near a M.O.R. that was used as evidence of plate tectonics: Magnetism

Boundary type that has shear forces on it: Transform

Result of tension that forms a volcanic mountain chain near a coastline or beach: Island Arc

This force is what causes seafloor spreading to occur: Convection Currents

Boundary type that has gravitational forces on it: Convergent

A process that breaks down rock and soil through a reaction: Chemical Weathering

A process that transports rock and soil through a reaction: Erosion

Result of tension of plates that creates a trench: Subduction

Result of tension that forms a volcanic mountain chain in the ocean: Island Arc

Shape of a river where the water on the inside of the bend has slower moving water: Meander

Part of a river where two flows join: Confluence

Also known as the source of a river: Headwaters

Heavy meander of a river that has reversed the flow: Oxbow

Found at the mouth of the river: Delta

Hierarchy of time: Eon/Era/Period/Epoch

Used to determine the age of a rock layer: Absolute Dating

Type of fossil found in or near a river: Index Fossil

The branch of geology concerned with the study of rock layers and layering: Stratigraphy

Part of a river that has been separated from the main current: Oxbow

The science of determining the relative order of past events: Relative Dating

The process of determining an age on a specified chronology in geology: Absolute Dating

Cinder Cone Volcano: Felsic Volcano that is very steep and usually short\

Pyroclastic flow: Extremely dangerous explosion that forces ash, cinders, and rocks down the mountain at 200 mph

Aa: Hawaiian term for a blocky and sharp lava flow

S-wave: Wave that moves perpendicular to the direction an earthquake wave travels, and only travels through solids