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earth stack #11

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the material that forms Earths hard surface   rock  
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scientist who study earth   geologists  
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features formed in rock   landforms  
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earths surface changes its appearancedue to:   constructive forces(volcanoe)deconsructive(wind water waves)  
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the earths radious   6000 kilo  
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scientists use ____________to study earths interior   seismic waves  
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the deeper n2 the earth you go the blank and blank increase   temp presure  
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3 main layers   crust, mantle, cor  
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outer layer of rock   crust  
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crust is_-__ kilo long   5-40  
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crust is thinner on __________ and thicker on___________   ocean floor mountains  
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2 kinds of crust   continental oceanic  
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the rock that makes up the oceans crust dark, dense   basalt  
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usually light makes up continental crust   granite  
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below crust supports the rocky crust   mantle  
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the rigid part of the crust and upper mantle   lithosphere  
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lithos meaning   stone  
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mantle has 2 sections   lithosphere asthenosphere  
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heated rock bgins to _________   soften  
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asthenes meaning   weak  
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core 2 parts   outer core- molten rockinner-hard dense ball of solid metal  
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_____________ noticed that the coast lines of continets appearred to fit together like peices of jigsaw puzzle   map makers  
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________________hypothesis was that all continents joine together to form a single landmass   alfred wegener  
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wegener named the super continent   pangea  
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pangea means   all lands  
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pangea exsisted ___ milion years ago   300  
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name of wegeners theory   conntinental drift  
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proof to support wegeners thery   (1)landforms(2)fossils(3)climate change  
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panthalassas   all seas  
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3 direction ontinents drift   (1)converging continents(2)diverging continents(3)transform  
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_______________is ttransform--slipping past   san andreas fault  
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why was wegeners theory rejected   he couldnt eplain a force strong enough 2 move continents  
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it cicles tru the oceons like the seems on a baseball   mid atlantic ridge  
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___________explored the mid atlantic ridge and determined that the force of magmacoming from the vent could cause enough force 2 create the continental drift   harry hess  
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the valley created by 2 diverging plates where magma comes   rift  
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area in africa where 2 diverging plates   great rift valey  
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longest range of mountains n the world mostly under water only a fe places rise above thewaters surface (ex.island)   mid ocean ridge  
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the mid ocean rige in the atlantic is called   mid atlantic ridge  
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the mid ocean ridge in the pacific is called   east pacific rise  
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process of magma rising from rift at mid ocean ridge creating `tall mountains but new magma pushes old rock toward the coast line spush the continents along with it this gave evidence of the power or force that causes continental drift   sea floor spreading  
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uses echo sounds 2 map the mid ocan ridge   sonar  
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submersible that explored the mid ocean ridge   alvin  
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the process in which the ocean floor sinks beneat a deep ocean trench and back into the mantle   subduction  
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at ___________________ subduction allows part of the ocean floor 2 sink back n2 te mantle   deep ocean trenches  
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