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Anna Soignoli unit 3 Fill In The Blanks

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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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