the ingredients or what something is made of.

a rigid layer made up of the uppermost part of the mantle and crust. It is broken up into pieces, like a puzzle.

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

the amount of mass in a given space.

the transfer of heat by movement of a fluid.

where two of the tectonic plates scrape alongside each other.

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

a plate boundary where two plates move away from each other.

a plate boundary where two plates move toward each other.

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

the layer of rock that forms Earth’s outer surface.

the layer of hot, solid material between Earth’s crust and core.

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

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

the transfer of heat from one particle of matter to another.

German scientist that proposed the idea of Continental Drift. His hypothesis states that the continents were once joined as a supercontinent called Pangaea.

a block of lithosphere that consists of the crust and the rigid, outermost part of the mantle.

the place where crust is destroyed.

is the process of new oceanic crust forming as magma rises toward the surface and solidifies. Creates new crust. Magma flows out of ridges in the oceanic crust and continually grows the oceanic crust outward. The newest crust is nearest the ridge.

is a place where sea-floor spreading takes place.

is the hypothesis that the continents once formed a single land mass, broke up, and drifted to their present locations.

the landmass that existed when all continents were joined.

a ring of volcanoes around the Pacific Plate

stress that squeezes rock until it folds or breaks

stress that pushes rock in opposite directions until it breaks

is the bending of rock layers due to stress

fold in rock that bends upward into an arch

fold in rock that bends downward to form a valley

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Earth Systems

Vocabulary Earth System unit

Term	Definition
Composition	the ingredients or what something is made of.
Lithosphere	a rigid layer made up of the uppermost part of the mantle and crust. It is broken up into pieces, like a puzzle.
Asthenosphere	the soft layer of the mantle on which the lithosphere floats.
Density	the amount of mass in a given space.
Convection	the transfer of heat by movement of a fluid.
transform boundary	where two of the tectonic plates scrape alongside each other.
plate tectonics	the theory that pieces of Earth’s lithosphere are in constant motion, driven by convection currents in the mantle.
Divergent boundary	a plate boundary where two plates move away from each other.
Convergent boundary	a plate boundary where two plates move toward each other.
Subduction	the process by which oceanic crust sinks beneath a deep-ocean trench and back into the mantle at a convergent plate boundary.
fault	a crack in the Earth's crust.
crust	the layer of rock that forms Earth’s outer surface.
mantle	the layer of hot, solid material between Earth’s crust and core.
outer core	a layer of molten iron and nickel that surrounds the inner core of Earth.
inner core	a dense sphere of solid iron and nickel at the center of the Earth.
Conduction	the transfer of heat from one particle of matter to another.
continental plates	Earth’s land based plates.
oceanic plates	Earth’s ocean based plates.
Alfred Wegener	German scientist that proposed the idea of Continental Drift. His hypothesis states that the continents were once joined as a supercontinent called Pangaea.
tectonic plates	a block of lithosphere that consists of the crust and the rigid, outermost part of the mantle.
subduction zones	the place where crust is destroyed.
sea-floor spreading	is the process of new oceanic crust forming as magma rises toward the surface and solidifies. Creates new crust. Magma flows out of ridges in the oceanic crust and continually grows the oceanic crust outward. The newest crust is nearest the ridge.
mid-ocean ridge	is a place where sea-floor spreading takes place.
continental drift	is the hypothesis that the continents once formed a single land mass, broke up, and drifted to their present locations.
Pangaea	the landmass that existed when all continents were joined.
Ring of Fire	a ring of volcanoes around the Pacific Plate
Compression	stress that squeezes rock until it folds or breaks
Shearing	stress that pushes rock in opposite directions until it breaks
Folding	is the bending of rock layers due to stress
anticline	fold in rock that bends upward into an arch
syncline	fold in rock that bends downward to form a valley
fault	a break in the Earth’s crust

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