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Plate Tectonics Voc

Plate Tectonics and Rock Cycling Vocabulary CMS

QuestionAnswer
Shaking of the ground earthquake
Strength of an earthquake magnitude
The point on Earth’s surface directly above where an earthquake occurred epicenter
A series of mountains connected by high ground Mountain Range
How deep or far down into the earth an earthquake is occurring Earthquake depth
Loose earth materials, such as sand, soil, and rocks; found on the surface of earth sediment
Two things or events happening together or at the same time but not causing each other correlation
A type of rock formed when layers of sediment are compressed by heavy layers of sediment above Sedimentary rock
A large fracture all the way through the solid bedrock Fault line
Plate material containing denser basalt rock that is usually found under the ocean Oceanic crust
The reason something has happened or is happening causation
Plate material containing less dense granite usually found underground on our continental land Continental crust
Solid rock found everywhere on the earth, often under sediments, such as soil, sand, dirt and broken rocks bedrock Oceanic crust
To cause damage or to destroy deconstructive
Liquidy rock found below or within the Earth’s crust magma
Breaking down of rock on Earth’s surface weathering
To build up constructive
Liquidy rock that flows out of a volcano and onto the earth’s surface lava
Rising up of Earth’s surface uplift
The moving around of weathered rock (sediment) erosion
The section of the crust between an earthquake line plate
Under the crust where it is hot and rock begins to melt, move and shift mantle
The surface of the earth crust
The laying down of sediment in a new location deposition
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