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Unit 3,Lessons 3 & 4

TermDefinition
Lithosphere The solid, outer layer of Earth that consists of the crust and the rigid upper part of the mantle.
Asthensosphere The soft layer of the mantle on which the tectonic plates move.
Tectonic plate The theory that Earth's outer layer is made up of large; moving pieces called tectonic plates; the theory explains how plates interact and how those interactions relate to processes such as earthquakes and mountain building.
Deformation the bending tilting and breaking of Earth's crust
Shear Stress Causes materials to twist or become distorted
Compression can cause , is rocks are squeezed and shortened
Tension stressed that lengthens a material pulls a material apart
Convergent boundary the boundary between tectonic plates that are colliding
Divergent boundary the boundary between two tectonic plates that are moving away from each other
Transform boundary lights between two tectonic plates that are moving away from each other that are colliding
Earthquake A movement are trembling of the grounds that is caused by sudden release of energy rocks along a fault move
Focus the location within Earth on the fault at which of the first motion earthquake occurs
Epicenter The point on Earth's surface directly above an earthquake starting point or focus
Tectonic plate boundary The block of lithosphere that consists of the crusts and rigid, outermost part of the mantle
Fault a break in a body of rock along which one block moves a relative to another
Elastic rebound The sudden return of elastically deformed drop to its undeformed shape
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