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Unit 3 Vocab DaneM
Plate Tectonics
Term | Definition |
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Asthenosphere | |
Subduction | |
Seafloor spreading | |
Mantle convection | the movement of tectonic plates creeping across mantle |
slab pull | the pulling of tectonic plate moved by mantle |
Lava | semi-rock fluids that erupt from the ground |
Magma | semi-rock fluids that stay under the earths crust |
Tectonic plate | |
Theory of continental drift | |
Convergent boundary | |
Divergent boundary | |
Transform boundary | |
Hot spot | |
Epicenter | |
Focus | |
Pangaea | |
Geohazard | |
Reverse fault | |
Strike-slip fault | |
Normal fault | |
Compression | |
Tension | |
Shearing | |
Felsic | |
Mafic |