vocabulary
plate boundaries
layers of the earth
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notes
100
A rock with fine texture and dark coloring
What is basalt
100
how many kind of plate boundaries are there
What is 3
100
the outer layer of the earth
What is crust
100
a break n the earths crust were rocks have slipped past each other
What is fault
100
T/F land can grow
What is True
200
A light colored rock with a coarser texture
What is granite
200
a plate boundary that is two plates pushing away from each other
What is divergent boundaries
200
a solid ball of metal in the center of the earth
What is the core
200
when all continents were still one
What is pangaea
200
seismic waves rock samples
What is two ways scientist use to see the earths interior
300
A well tested concept that explains a wide range of observations
What is scientific theory
300
The kind of boundaries that the two plates push away from each other
What is convergent boundaries
300
____ is made up of the ___, and the ____
What is mantle lithosphere and the asthenosphere
300
___ explained why mountains weren't just parts of the earth that had shriveled up
Who is wegner
300
we haven't drilled past __km
What is 12
400
When a force is pressing on a area you get ______
What is pressure
400
when a plate slips over another plate
What is transform boundaries
400
litho means
What is rock
400
scientists use _____ to see the earths interior
What is seismic waves
400
more dense then continental crust
What is oceanic crust
500
a deep valley forming around divergent boundaries
What is rift valley
500
the ____ is broken into sections called plates
What is lithosphere
500
the core is broken into two pieces called the _______
What is inner core, outer core
500
can bend like plastic
What is the asthenosphere
500
_____ increases as we dig deeper into the earths surface
What is pressure
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