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7th grade terms
Question | Answer |
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mantle | thin layer of tissue that covers mollusk's body and that can secrete a shell |
crust | outer layer of the earth |
bias | personal opinion |
contiental drift | wegeners hypothesis that all contients were once connected in a single large landmass that broke apart about 200 million years ago and drifted slowely to their current positions. |
convection current | current in earths mantle that transfers heat in earths interior and is the driving force for plate tectonics |
earthquake | movement of the ground that occurs when rocks inside earth pass their elastic limit break suddenly and experience elastic rebound |
equator | imajinary line that wraps around earth at 0degrees latitude halfway between the north and south poles. |
hypothesis | an educated guess or idea |
lithosphere | rigid layer of earth about 100km thick made of the crust and a part of the upper mantle |
latitude | distance in degrees north or south of the equator |
longitude | distance in degrees east or west of the prime merdian |
magnitude | a measure of the energy released by an earthquake |
map legend | explains the meaning of symbols used on a map |
pangaea | large ancient landmass that was composed of alol the contienents joined together |
platelet | irregularly shaped cell fragment that helps clot blood and release chemicals that help form fibrin. |
prime meridian | imajinary lines that represents 0 degrees longitude and runs from the north pole through greenwich, england to the south pole |
scientific theory | explanition that is supported by results froma repeated experimenation or testing |