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Earths layers
Plate tectonics
100
Shorelines made of sand
What is Beaches
100
The part of the continent located under water
What is Continental shelf
100
The steep slope where the continental shelf drops to the bottom of the ocean floor
What is Continental slope
100
A nearly melted layer of hot rocks below earths crust
What is Mantle
100
Scientist who examines rocks
What is Geologist
200
Volcanic mountains not formed on the mid-ocean ridge
What is Seamounts
200
Narrow trench in the center of the highest part of the mid-ocean ridge
What is Rift
200
Pieces of land, with sandy beaches, surrounded by water on all sides
What is Barrier islands
200
Includes all the gases around earth
What is Atmosphere
200
Hot melted rock
What is Magma
300
Low hills and flat plains located on either side of the mid-ocean ridge
What is Ocean basin
300
Area where the land meets the ocean
What is Shoreline or coast
300
Underwater volcanic islands
What is Mid-ocean ridge
300
Rocky layer of earths surface
What is Crust
300
Deep cracks in earths crust
What is Faults
400
Flat area of the ocean basin
What is Abyssal plain
400
Area where a river meets the ocean; a mixture of fresh water and salt water
What is Estuary
400
Deepest part of the ocean basin; deeper than any valley found on land
What is Trenches
400
Layer of earth made of liquid metal
What is Outer core
400
Squeezing or pressing together of the crust
What is Compression
500
Water filled spaces between barrier islands
What is Inlet
500
Currents along the shore that can move sand from one location to another
What is Long shore currents
500
The underwater volcanic activity that adds mountains to either side of the mid-ocean ridge
What is Rift zone
500
All of earths water makes up the
What is Hydrosphere
500
The supercontinent
What is Pangea
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