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definitions
earth processes
earth's layers Everywhere!
Landforms
Miscellaneous
100
hot, flowing rock below Earth's surface
What is magma
100
the process when an oceanic plate slides underneath a continental plate
What is subduction
100
the hottest layer of the earth
What is the inner core
100
this is created during subduction
What is a trench
100
an opening in the Earth's crust through which melted rock reaches the surface
What is volcano
200
remains of an imprint of an organism that lived long ago
What is fossil
200
the breaking down of rocks into smaller particles
What is weathering?
200
the coolest layer of the earth
What is the crust
200
this is created when two oceanic plates move away from eachother
What is mid ocean ridge
200
crack in the earth's crust.
What is fault
300
huge land mass that existed about 200 million years ago
What is Pangaea
300
the process by which new crust forms here magma rises
What is ocean floor spreading
300
this is the order of the layers of the earth, from the center outward
inner core, outer core, mantle, crust
300
this occurs when large plates scrape or rub past each other
What is an earthquake
300
a model that shows how rocks form and change
What is the rock cycle
400
place in earth's crust where the energy of an earthquake is first released
What is focus?
400
an extremely slow force that changes the Earth's surface by moving soil and rock
What is erosion
400
these are the two layers of the earth that are liquid
What are the mantle and outer core
400
this is the form of the energy that is released, causing earthquakes
What is a vibration
400
an area of volcano and earthquake activity around the pacific rim
What is ring of fire
500
instrument for measuring the strength of an earthquake
seismograph
500
the movement of a heated substance
What is convection current
500
The name of the rock that mostly makes up the oceanic plates
What is basalt
500
these are the 3 different forms that lava can take when a volcano erupts
ash, cinders, bombs
500
one of the sheets of crust and upper mantle that cover the earth's surface
What is a plate