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CBA 5 REVISED

QUAKES PLATES VOLCANOES

TermDefinition
INERTIA TENDENCY FOR OBJECT IN MOTION TO STAY IN MOTION
GRAVITY A FORCE THAT PULLS LARGE OBJECTS TOGETHER. PULLS US DOWN TO CENTER OF EARTH
GEOLOGIST SCIENTIST THAT STUDIES ROCKS, EARTH, AND ITS COMPONENTS
VULCANOLOGIST GEOLOGIST THAT STUDIES VOLCANOES
CRUST HARD OUTER LAYER OF EARTH WE LIVE ON, SOLID ROCK
MANTLE THICK SEMI LIQUID LAYER OF THE EARTH UNDER THE CRUST
OUTER CORE LAYER OF EARTH THAT IS HOT LIQUID. IT SURROUNDS THE INNER CORE
INNER CORE SOLID CENTER OF EARTH. SOLID BECAUSE OF INTENSE PRESSURE
LITHOSPHERE LAYER OF THE EARTH THAT INCLUDES THE CRUST AND THE UPPER MANTLE
SEISMIC WAVES VIBRATIONS USED BY SCIENTISTS TO STUDY EARTHQUAKES
PLATES PIECES OF THE EARTH'S CRUST THAT FLOAT AND MOVE ON THE MANTLE
PLATE BOUNDARY AREAS ON CRUST WHERE PLATES MEET
DIVERGENT TYPE OF PLATE BOUNDARIES THAT ARE PULLING AWAY FROM EACH OTHER
CONVERGENT TYPE OF PLATE BOUNDARIES THAT ARE PUSHING TOGETHER
TRANSFORM TYPE OF PLATE BOUNDARY THAT ARE SLIDING ALONG SIDE EACH OTHER
SEA FLOOR SPREADING CAUSED BY DIVERGENT PLATE BOUNDARIES
MOUNTAINS CAUSED BY CONVERGENT PLATE BOUNDARIES
ACTIVE VOLCANO THAT IS ERUPTING OR SOON WILL
DORMANT SLEEPING VOLCANO. HAS NOT ERUPTED FOR A WHILE MIGHT AGAIN
EXTINCT VOLCANO THAT IS DEAD. WILL NEVER ERUPT AGAIN
SHIELD TYPE OF VOLCANO THAT IS FLAT AND WIDE WITH OOZING LAVA
CINDER CONE TYPE OF VOLCANO WITH STEEP SIDES. ROCK AND ASH PILE UP
COMPOSITE TYPE OF VOLCANO THAT IS A COMBINATION OF A SHIELD AND CINDER CONE VOLCANO. EXPLOSIVE AND HUGE
MAJOR PLATES NORTH AMERICAN, EURASIAN, INDO-AUSTRALIAN, SOUTH AMERICAN, PACIFIC, ANTARCTIC, AND AFRICAN
SILICA MATERIAL MADE OF OXYGEN AND SILICON. SAND. MAKES UP ALOT OF THE CRUST
GEOTHERMAL ENERGY MADE FROM HEAT AND STEAM DEEP IN THE EARTH
WASHINGTON A STATE THAT HAS MANY VOLCANOES IN IT. SOME EXTINCT AND SOME DORMANT.
ALASKA STATE THAT ALSO HAS A LARGE AMOUNT OF VOLCANOES
SHOVEL EXAMPLE OF A LEVER
AXE HEAD EXAMPLE OF A WEDGE
SCISSORS A COMPOUND MACHINE WITH A LEVER AND A WEDGE
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