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The Rock Cycle
Earth's Layers
Mt. Building
Earthquakes
Volcanoes
100
process where water,wind,ice,and changes in temperature break down rock
What is weathering?
100
the thin,solid most layer of earth
What is the crust?
100
the bending of rock layers due to stress
What is folding?
100
The point on earth's surface directly above an earthquake's starting point or focus.
What is an epicenter?
100
A vent or fissure in Earth's surface through which magma a gases are released.
What is a volcano?
200
when sediment is moved from one place to another
What is erosion?
200
the solid,plastic layer of the mantle beneath the lithosphere
What is the asthenosphere?
200
stress that occurs when forces act to squeeze an object
What is compression?
200
The location within earth along a fault at which the first motion of an earthquake occurs.
What is a focus?
200
An opening at the surface of the Earth through which volcanic material passes.
What is vent?
300
the rising of regions of the crust to higher elevations
What is uplift?
300
the strong,lower part of the mantle between the asthenosphere and outer core
What is the mesosphere?
300
stress that occurs when forces act to stretch an object
What is tension?
300
A breaking in a body of rock along which one block moves relative to another.
What is a fault?
300
The molten or partially molten rock material containing trapped gases produced under the Earth's surface.
What is magma?
400
the sinking of regions of the crust to lower elevations
What is subsidence?
400
the central part of earth below the mantle
What is the core?
400
stress that occurs when forces act inparallel but opposite directions,pushing parts of a solid in opposite directions
What is shear stress?
400
The sudden return of elastically deformed rock to its undeformed shape.
What is elastic rebound?
400
A volcanically active area of earth's surface, commonly far from a tectonic plate boundary.
What is a hot spot?
500
an area where a set of deep cracks forms
What is a rift zone?
500
movement of matter due to differences in density that are caused by change in temperature
What is convection?
500
the bending,tilting,and breaking of earth's crust;the change in the shape of rock in response to stress
What is deformation?
500
The edge between two or more plates classified as divergent, convergent, and tranform by the movement taking place between the plates.
What is a tectonic plate boundary?
500
A block lithosphere that consists of the crust and the rigid, outer most part of the mantle.
What is a tectonic plate?