Vocabulary
Explanation of how and why something occurs, supported by multiple sources of evidence and testing
Theory
The layer of Earth made up of solid rock and other rocky and molten materials
Geosphere
The layer of hot, semi-solid rock that lies between the crust and the core
Mantle
Magnitude
A measure of the amount of energy released by an earthquake
Mantle
The layer of hot, semi-solid rock that lies between the crust and the core
Earth's solid rocky surface containing the continents and ocean floor
Crust
Heat-driven movements where hotter, less dense material rises and cooler more dense material sinks (creates motion in the mantle)
Convection Currents
The process where one tectonic plate slides beneath another, where volcanoes form
Subduction
Geothermal Energy
the heat energy that comes from inside the earth
Epicenter
The point on earth's surface directly above where the earthquake started
Geologic process where tectonic plates pull apart at mid-ocean ridges, allowing magma to rise from the mantle and form new crust.
Sea-floor spreading
the heat energy that comes from inside the earth
Geothermal Energy
The available body of facts or information indicating whether a belief of proposition is true or valid
Evidence
Continental Drift
The gradual movement of continents across the earth's surface through geological time (millions of years)
convection currents
Heat-driven movements where hotter, less dense material rises and cooler more dense material sinks (creates motion in the mantle)
The gradual movement of continents across the earth's surface through geological time (millions of years)
Continental Drift
Hot fluid or semifluid material below the earth's crust from which lava and other igneous rock is formed when cooled
Magma
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Magma
Hot fluid or semifluid material below the earth's crust from which lava and other igneous rock is formed when cooled
Subduction
The process where one tectonic plate slides beneath another, where volcanoes form
A tectonic plate boundary where two or more plates collide, leading to subduction
Convergent Boundary
The point on earth's surface directly above where the earthquake started
Epicenter
A measure of the amount of energy released by an earthquake
Magnitude
Crust
Earth's solid rocky surface containing the continents and ocean floor
Theory
Explanation of how and why something occurs, supported by multiple sources of evidence and testing