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Layers of Earth
Earth's layers continued
Plate Tectonics
Stress/ Faults
Volcanoes
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Crust
What is the outermost layer of earth and is the thinnest.
100
Mesosphere
What is the lower area of the mantle that extends into the earth’s core.
100
Tectonic Plates
What is lithosphere that moves on top of the asthenosphere.
100
Compression
What is the type of stress that occurs when an object is squeezed.
100
Shield Volcano
What is the large sloped volcano that forms from nonexplosive eruptions of lava. For example Mauna Loa in Hawaii.
200
Mantle
What is the layer between the crust and core is extremely thick
200
Outer Core
What is the liquid layer that surrounds the inner core.
200
Continental Drift
What is the theory that continents can drift apart from each other.
200
Tension
What is the type of stress that causes an object to stretch.
200
Cinder Cone Volcano
What is a steep cone-like mountain that forms from downwind volcano vent. For example Mount Tabor in Oregon.
300
Core
What is the layer that extends from the bottom of the mantle to the center of earth.
300
Inner Core
What is the solid and dense center of earth.
300
Sea-floor Spreading
What is the process when new lithosphere is made and the old swept away.
300
Normal Fault
What is when the hanging wall is moving down the footwall.
300
Composite Volcano Volcano made of lava and pyroclastic material
What is a volcano made of lava and pyroclastic material. For example Mount Fuji in Japan.
400
Lithosphere
What is the outermost layer of earth and is broken into tectonic plates.
400
Divergent Boundary
What is When two tectonic plates move away from each other.
400
Convergent Boundary
What is when two tectonic plates collide together.
400
Reverse Fault
What is when the hanging wall is moving up the footwall.
400
Chemical Weathering
What is the chemical break down of rocks and material into new substances.
500
Asthenosphere
What is the soft layer of the mantle where the lithosphere moves.
500
Transform Boundary
What is when two tectonic plates slide over each other horizontally.
500
Subduction Zone
What is the region where tectonic plates meet.
500
Strike-Skip Fault
What is when opposing forces cause rock to break and move horizontally.
500
Mechanical Weathering
What is the breakdown of rock into smaller pieces.