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science plate tectonics act. 36-49 DMS7 Toth

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currently erupting, shows signs of erupting like new gas emissions, likely to erupt in the near future, or has erupted at any time during recorded history   active volcanoes  
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not expected to erupt ever again   extinct volcanoes  
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have not erupted for 10,000 years, but may erupt again   dormant volcanoes  
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the leftover radioactive material produced by nuclear research, medical treatment, and other nuclear technology   nuclear waste  
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a feature on the surface of the Earth ranging from the plains, plateau's, mountains, hills, valleys, etc.   landforms  
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liquid melted rock beneath the earth's surface and released during volcanic eruptions   magma  
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simplified representation of reality used to examine aspects of the natural world   model  
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2,800-5,200 km below the earth's surface, liquid made of iron and nickel, temp: 2,800-5,200'C   outer core  
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5,200 to 6,400 below the earth's surface, solid, made of iron and nickel, temp: over 6,000'C   inner core  
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0-40 km on the earth's surface. Many kinds of rocks. Temp.: 0-700'C   crust  
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magma that has erupted onto the Earth's surface   lava  
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crust and upper layer of mantle, stone, first 100km below Earth's surface   lithosphere  
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40-2,800km from the Earth's surface, next layer below the crust, upper part is solid, lower part is liquid . Made up of iron, magnesium and silicon compounds. Temp: 700-2,800'C   mantle  
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each part of the model has a size that is accurate relative to another part. 1cm=800km   scale  
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smallest and most common volcanoes   cinder cones  
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usually large, broad, fast moving, less-gassy magma   shield volcanoes  
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has explosive eruptions, result of more gassy magma   composite volcanoes  
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the periods of thousands, millions, and billions of years ago   geological time  
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scientists who use evidence from rocks and fossils to understand when events occurred in the history of life   paleontologist  
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cold blooded air breathing vertebrates with scales, that typically lay eggs   reptile  
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super continent that was in approximately 250 million years ago in which the current continents are connected   Pangea  
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7 large landmasses on Earth   continent  
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Idea that the continents slowly moved away from each other or drifted apart. Pangea the super continent to current placement of continents   continental drift  
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water, gravity, and heat are responsible for this, moving rock and soil from one place to another   erosion  
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Change earth's surface by moving rock and soil particles from one area to another   deposition  
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a mass of ice on land   glacier  
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underground canals, caves, sinkholes, and a rough and bumpy ground surface form   karst topography  
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created by association with plate tectonics   landform  
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shaped by the action of water, gravity, and heat   landscape  
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calcium carbohydrate is the maine mineral broken down and dissolved in water   limestone  
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what keeps humans on the Earth, pulls things down to the Earth's surface. A force that affects all materials and causes them to be attracted to each other   gravity  
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attracted to each other, like magnets, stick together   Attractive  
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pushes things away, like when you put a magnet another magnet and they bush away from each other   repulsion  
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hot, molten material in the magnetic field with an effective distance, navigate for animals during migration ( invisible, 2 ends, north and south pole, attract and repeal, cause elements that have those features to have their own magnetic field )   Earth's magnetic field  
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extends only a short distance from the magnetic core, depends on size and strength   effective distance  
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one side of this rock attracts a pole and the other side of this rock attracts the other pole   lodestone  
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responds to the Earth's magnetic field   Navigational compass  
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The Earth's surface is broken into large sections called plates, these plates extend down into the lithosphere   plates  
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a thoughtful, testable, explanation of all relevant observations   theory  
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quantitively used to measure the strength of an Earthquake at the point were rocks break, each increased of one on this scale is equal to 30-fold increase of released energy   Richter schale  
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contains a thin needle-like pen that records the movements detected within the Earth on a role of paper   seismograph  
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lines recorded on the paper that records the movements detected within the Earth   seismogram  
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created by colliding plates, what happens on this boundary depends on the type on lithosphere   convergent  
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plates that are spreading apart   divergent  
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process of one plate moving below another plate   subduction  
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two plates that are sliding past each other   transformation  
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within the Earth's mantle, occurs when there is a temperature difference within a subduction like magma, causing it to move in a curricular pattern   convection current  
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a subsea chasm extending along the crest of a mid-ocean ridge, locus of the magma upwellings that accompany seafloor spreading.   rift valley  
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