The soft layer of the mantle on which the lithosphere floats.

A plate boundary where two plates move toward each other.

The direct transfer of thermal energy from one substance to another substance that it is touching.

The hypothesis that the continents slowly move across Earth's surface.

The transfer of thermal energy by the movement of a fluid.

The movement of a fluid, caused by differences in temperature that transfers heat from one part of the fluid to another.

The layer of rock that forms Earth's outer surface.

A deep valley along the ocean floor beneath which oceanic crust slowly sinks toward the mantle.

The amount of mass of a substance in a given volume; mass per unit volume.

A break or crack in Earth's lithosphere along which the rocks move.

A trace of an ancient organism that has been preserved in rock.

A dense sphere of solid iron and nickel at the center of Earth.

A rigid layer made up of the uppermost part of the mantle and the crust.

The layer of hot, solid material between Earth's crust and core.

An undersea mountain chain where new ocean floor is produced.

A layer of molten iron and nickel that surrounds the inner core of Earth.

The name of the single landmass that broke apart 200 million years ago and gave rise to today's continents.

A section of the lithosphere that slowly moves over the astenosphere, carrying pieces of continental oceanic crust.

The theory that pieces of Earth's lithosphere are in constant motion, driven by convection currents in the mantle.

The force exerted on a surface divided by the total area over which the force is exerted.

The direct transfer of energy through space by electromagnetic waves.

A deep valley that forms where two plates move apart.

The process by which molten material adds new oceanic crust to the ocean floor.

Vibrations that travel through Earth carrying the energy released during an earthquake.

A place where two plates slip past each other, moving in opposite directions.

A device that determines the distance of an object under water by recording echoes of sound waves.

The place where two plates move apart.

The process by which oceanic crust sinks beneath a deep-ocean trench and back into the mantle at a convergent plate boundary.

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science ch 4 vocab

Chapter 4 Vocab

Term	Definition
asthenosphere	The soft layer of the mantle on which the lithosphere floats.
colliding boundary	A plate boundary where two plates move toward each other.
conduction	The direct transfer of thermal energy from one substance to another substance that it is touching.
continental drift	The hypothesis that the continents slowly move across Earth's surface.
convection	The transfer of thermal energy by the movement of a fluid.
convection current	The movement of a fluid, caused by differences in temperature that transfers heat from one part of the fluid to another.
crust	The layer of rock that forms Earth's outer surface.
deep-ocean trench	A deep valley along the ocean floor beneath which oceanic crust slowly sinks toward the mantle.
density	The amount of mass of a substance in a given volume; mass per unit volume.
fault	A break or crack in Earth's lithosphere along which the rocks move.
fossil	A trace of an ancient organism that has been preserved in rock.
inner core	A dense sphere of solid iron and nickel at the center of Earth.
lithosphere	A rigid layer made up of the uppermost part of the mantle and the crust.
mantle	The layer of hot, solid material between Earth's crust and core.
mid-ocean ridge	An undersea mountain chain where new ocean floor is produced.
outer core	A layer of molten iron and nickel that surrounds the inner core of Earth.
Pangaea	The name of the single landmass that broke apart 200 million years ago and gave rise to today's continents.
plate	A section of the lithosphere that slowly moves over the astenosphere, carrying pieces of continental oceanic crust.
plate tectonics	The theory that pieces of Earth's lithosphere are in constant motion, driven by convection currents in the mantle.
pressure	The force exerted on a surface divided by the total area over which the force is exerted.
radiation	The direct transfer of energy through space by electromagnetic waves.
rift valley	A deep valley that forms where two plates move apart.
sea-floor spreading	The process by which molten material adds new oceanic crust to the ocean floor.
seismic waves	Vibrations that travel through Earth carrying the energy released during an earthquake.
sliding boundary	A place where two plates slip past each other, moving in opposite directions.
sonar	A device that determines the distance of an object under water by recording echoes of sound waves.
spreading boundary	The place where two plates move apart.
subduction	The process by which oceanic crust sinks beneath a deep-ocean trench and back into the mantle at a convergent plate boundary.

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