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waves traveling through the Earth from E.Q.'s
Seismic Waves
Amount of force in an area
Pressure
Outer-most layer of the earth
Crust
type of rock in the Oceanic crust
Basalt
type of rock in continental crust
Granite
has convection currents and moves tectonic plates
Mantle
The hard part of the earth
Lithosphere
lower, soft part of the mantle
Asthenosphere
hot, liquid iron and nickel layer ; causes magnetic field
Outer core
solid most-inner layer ; very dense
Inner Core
heat transfer through space
Radiation
heat transfer through touch
Conduction
heat transfer of fluid ; convection currents
Convection
amount of stuff in a container (mass, volume)
Density
the flow that transfers heated fluids
Convection Currents
continents slowly move over the earth's surface
Continental Drift
supercontinent ; "all lands"
Pangea
trace of an organism preserved in rock
Fossil
plate boundaries under the oceans
Mid-Ocean Ridge
Sound waves that bounce off hard objects underwater and are recorded
Sonar
new material is added to ocean floor at divergent ridges
Sea-Floor Spreading
deep area where OC is subducted under CC
Deep-Ocean Trench
Oceanic Crust drifting under Continental
Subduction
Broken pieces of the lithosphere
Plate
well tested concept that explains observations
Scientific Theory
pieces of lithosphere in constant motion
Plate Tectonics
breaks in Earth's crust where rocks slip past
Fault
two plates that move away from each other
Divergent Boundaries
trench along a divergent boundary
Rift Valley
two plates that move towards each other
Convergent Boundary
two plates slip past each other, going in opposite directions
Transform Boundary
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