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6th Earth Science
Fletcher's 6th Grade Earth Science Review
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Rift | Crustal feature formed at divergent boundaries |
| North American Plate | Continental plate in which the United States are found |
| Volcano | A place where gas, ash and melted rock come out of the ground |
| Seismic | The type of waves produced by earthquakes |
| Geology | The study of the Earth; what it is made of and the processes that effect it |
| Pyroclastic | A type of cloud filled with hot ash, and pieces of rocks from a volcano |
| Transform | The type of plate boundary in which the plates slide past one another |
| Nazca | The Oceanic plate found off the west coast of South America |
| Pangea | The name of the super-continent that may have existed in Earth's past |
| Continental Drift | The theory proposed by Alfred Wegner |
| Convergent | Tectonic plate boundary in which the Plates are colliding |
| Fault | A name given to the place where two tectonic plates meet |
| Subduction | When 2 plates collide and one plate is forced under the other |
| Pacific | The oceanic plate found off the west coast of South America |
| San Andres | Famous fault line that is made of the North American and Pacific plates |
| Antarctic | The Southern most tectonic plate |
| Lava | Magma that reaches the Earth's surface |
| Caldera | A type of hole in the ground produced when a magma chamber collapses |
| Mountains | The geologic action of colliding continental plates produce these |
| Divergent | The type of plate boundary in which the plates are dividing |
| Trenches | The lowest points in the ocean found at Subduction zones |
| Indoaustralian | The tectonic plate that holds Australia |
| Islands | The result of an Oceanic tectonic plate moving over a hot spot |
| Magma Plume | Another name for a hot spot |
| Convection | Hot fluid rising |