Relier Pairs shaping and changing EarthVersion en ligne shaping and changing Earth's surface par Scientific Area Junior High School 1 Erosion 2 Fault 3 Weathering 4 Fault zone 5 Transform boundary 6 Volcano 7 Earthquake 8 Impact crater 9 Glacier 10 Landslide 11 Tsunami 12 Convergent boundary 13 Volcanic arc 14 Divergent boundary 15 Subduction a crack or a fracture in Earth’s lithosphere along which movement occurs rapid, downhill movement of soil, loose rocks, and boulders the mechanical and chemical processes that change Earth’s surface over time the moving of weathered material, or sediment, from one location to another the boundary between two plates that slide past each other a curved line of volcanoes that forms parallel to a plate boundary a large mass of ice, formed by snow accumulation on land, that moves slowly across Earth’s surface an area of many fractured pieces of crust along a large fault the boundary between two plates that move toward each other vibrations caused by the rupture and sudden movement of rocks along a break or crack in Earth’s crust a vent in Earth’s crust through which molten rock flows the boundary between two plates that move away from each other a wave that forms when an ocean disturbance suddenly moves a large volume of water a round depression formed on the surface of a planet, moon, or other space objects by the impact of a meteorite the process that occurs when one tectonic plate moves under another tectonic plate