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Vocabulary 1 ES
Earth Science Vocabulary 1
Term | Definition |
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Geology | The study of the origin, history,structure and processes that shape the Earth. |
Inner core | A ball of dense metal and is a solid. |
Outer core | The only liquid layer that is between the inner core the mantle. |
Mantle | The thickest layer made of hot rock. |
Crust | The the thinnest layer that surrounds the Earth and is hard and rigged. |
Plate Tectonics | The theory that the Earth's outer layer is made up of plates which have moved throughout Earth's history (A set of jigsaw-like paces that slowly move on the Earth's crust) |
Pangea | Supercontinent; all the contents were one |
Theory of continental Drift | The belief that continents moved to the position they are in the present. The theory that the contents move slowly. |
Divergent boudary | Occurs when plates move apart. |
Convergent boundary | A place were plates collide |
Transform boundary | A place were place were plates slide past each other. |