In each blank, try to type in the
word that is missing. If you've
typed in the correct word, the
blank will turn green.
If your not sure what answer should be entered, press the space bar and the next missing letter will be displayed. When you are all done, you should look back over all your answers and review the ones in red. These ones in red are the ones which you needed help on. Term: AsthenosphereDefinition: Highest layer on the mantle, but still lower than the lithosphere Term: Definition: Process where two tectonics collide Term: spreading Definition: Theory that the oceanic crust was at the ocean ridges Term: convectionDefinition: Convection currents in the mantle that are to be the main cause of plate movements Term: pushDefinition: process connected to convection currents in the earths mantle , occurs when the weight of a elevated ridge an oceanic plate towards a subsection Term: Slab Definition: Tectonic process involved with convection currents, occurs when the weight of a subduction pulls the lithosphere into a subduction zone Term: Lava Definition: Magma flowing onto the surface Term: MagmaDefinition: rock below the earths surface Term: platesDefinition: pieces of the crust that covers the surface Term: Theory of continental Definition: Wegeners theory that continent were once one big super continent called Pangea Term: Convergent Definition: where two tectonic plates will move toward each other Term: Divergent Definition: where two of earths tectonic plates will moving Term: boundaryDefinition: Place where two tectonic plates end up horizontally away from each other Term: Hot spot Definition: A hot area in the mantle Term: Epicenter(in regards to )Definition: Point on Earths surface directly above the of an earthquake Term: Focus(in regards to )Definition: point of the initial fault rupture where an originates Term: PangaeaDefinition: A landmass made up of all the that had supposedly began to break up around 200million years ago Term: Geo Definition: dangers that may cause changes to the Earth's surface Term: fault Definition: Formed by vertical and horizontal compression, it causes a vertical movement upwards along a fault Term: -slip fault Definition: by horizontal shear that causes horizontal movement along a fault plane Term: Normal Definition: Its tension causes vertical movement downwards along a fault Term: CompressionDefinition: Stress that decreases the of a material Term: Definition: that pulls a material apart Term: Definition: that causes a material to twist Term: FelsicDefinition: Light igneous rock Term: MaficDefinition: Dark Colored igneous rock that are made of more elements that are more buoyant |
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