SHMS 6th Sci Vocab 1 Word Scramble
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Term | Definition |
Composition | the material that something is made up of |
Asthenosphere | a layer of hot soft rock in the upper mantle |
Lithosphere | the crust and the very top portion of the mantle together |
Tectonic plate | large and small rock slabs that make up the lithosphere |
Plate boundaries | a place where two or more plates meet |
Crust | a thin layer of rock that surrounds the Earth |
Mantle | Earth’s thickest layer, it has a more rigid upper portion and a softer, lower portion |
Outer core | a layer of hot liquid metals surrounding the inner core |
Inner Core | a ball of hot, solid metals at the center of Earth |
Density | the quantity of matter in a given amount of space |
Convection | The transfer of heat through a fluid, due to density changes |
Convergent | to come together |
Divergent | to move apart |
Transform boundary | a boundary where plates slide past one another |
Hot Spot | a thin spot in the crust that allows magma to rise to the surface; it is not located near a boundary |
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