Vocab 1
(3) One of the very large sections of hard, solid rock that make up Earth’s outer layer.
Plate
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(13) To examine in detail for a purpose.
Analyze
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(9) It takes a ________ time for Earth’s plates to travel great distances.
Long
(6) A sudden shaking of Earth's surface.
Earthquake
(2) Earth’s outermost layer of hard, solid rock that is underneath the soil, vegetation, and water.
Outer layer
(8) Moving toward the same place.
Convergent
(8) Earth’s ___________ travel at a rate too slow to be experienced by humans.
Plates
(3) Geologists look for ________ in landforms and in _________ __________ in order to better understand Earth.
Patterns; Geologic Events
(1) A diagram that shows what the inside of something looks like.
Cross Section
(10) An underwater mountain range formed when two plates move apart.
Mid-Ocean Ridge
(11) A long, deep indentation in the ocean floor formed when two plates move together.
Trench
(1) Earth’s ______ _____ is made of hard solid rock.
Outer Layer
(5) Earth’s ________ move on top of a soft, solid layer of rock called the __________
Plates; Mantle
(5) The place where two plates meet.
Plate Boundary
(4) Something we observe to be similar over and over again.
Pattern
(9) Moving apart in different directions.
Divergent
(4) The ________ of Earth’s outer layer _________.
Plates; Move
(2) Earth’s outer layer is divided into sections called _____.
Plates
(12) Any of the many processes (such as eruptions and lava flows) in which gas, lava, and ash are pushed out on the surface of Earth.
Volcanic Activity
(7) The layer of soft, solid rock underneath Earth's plates.
Mantle
(14) How often or fast something happens.
Rate
(6) At _______ plate boundaries, rock rises from the _______ and hardens, adding new solid rock to the edges of both plates.
Divergent; Mantle
(7) At _______ plate boundaries, one plate moves ________the other plate and sinks into the ________.
Convergent; Underneath; Mantle