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Tasha's Vocab1-10-08
Tasha's Science Vocabulary 1-10-2008
Word | Meaning |
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atmosphere | the layer of gases that surrounds |
hydrosphere | the water part of earths surface. |
lithosphere | the shell of the earths made up of the crust and the ridged part of the mantle. |
crust | the top layer above the earth above the mantle. |
mantle | the middle layer of the earth between the crust andthe core. |
core | the center part of the earth below the mantle |
plate tectonics | a theroy stating that the earth is broken into plates that move. |
plate | a large section of the earths surface made of the crust and the ridgid top part of the mantle. |
volcano | a mountian built up from hardend lava,rocks,and ash that erupt out of the earth |
earthquake | a shaking of the earths crust caused by rock slabs moving aginst eachother deep below the earths surface. |