7th Grade Science Terms
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| Continental Drift | Hypothesis that the continents had once been joined together and that the continents have slowly moved apart over Earth's surface.
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| Convergent Boundary | Two plates push against eachother, one is forced down beneath the other.
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| Divergent Boundary | Where two tectonic plates are moving away from one another.
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| Transform Boundary | Two plates slide past one another, in this boundary, neither plate is added to at the boundary, nor destroyed.
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| Plate Tectonics | Scientific theory that describes the large scale motions of Earth's lithosphere.
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| Latitude | A line that goes east to west,measure North and South of the equator.
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| Longitude | A line that goes North to South and measure east to west.
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| Equator | The line that goes through the middle of Earth.
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| Density | Mass divided by volume.
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| Core | Solid center of Earth
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| Crust | Outside layer of Earth
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| Mantle | The middle layer of Earth
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| Asthenosphere | Part of the upper mantle that exhibits plastic properties.
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| Earth Science | The study of Earth and space.
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| Variable | Different factors that you can change in an experiment.
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| Independent Variable | The variable that you change
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| Constants | The variables you do not change in an experiment.
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| Dependent variable | The variable being measured.
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| Plains | Large, flat areas, often found in the interior regions of continents.
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| Plateaus | Flat. raised areas of land made up of rocks that have been uplifted by forces within Earth.
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| Folded Mountains | Rock layers folded like a rug that has been pushed up against a wall.
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| Volcanic mountains | Begin to form when molten material reaches the surface through a weak area of the crust.The materials pile up, layer upon layer, until a cone-shaped structure forms.
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| Prime meridian | An imaginary line that represents 0 degrees longitude.
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| Map scale | The relationship between the distances on the map and distances on Earth's surface.
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| Map legend | Explains what the symbols used on the map mean.
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