The mantle and the crust together make the lithosphere which in Greek means "Stone"

A soft layer that flows slowly.

A layer of molten metal that surrounds the inner core and acts like a thick liquid.

The movement energy when a warmer object's heat, transfers into a cooler object.

When heat is transferred into a cooler object.

The process of heat transferring into another object.

The transfer between two bodies.

A current in the fluid that represents Convection.

A rock that has crystals, and it makes the continents of the earth.

A dark rock that is found beneath the ocean crust.

A layer of rock that forms Earth’s outer skin.

The force pushing on a surface or area, and it increases as you go deeper and deeper.

A ground vibration that helps geologists figure out how the planet is put together.

Seven great land masses surrounded by water.

An expert in geology, the study of what the Earth is made of and how it was formed.

The material that forms the earth's hard surface.

They shape the surface to make mountains and continents.

“Are those that slowly wear away mountains and eventually, every other feature on the surface”

A theory that continents can drift apart from one another and have done so in the past.

An extremely large landmass when all continents were connected together

The imprint or hardened remains of a plant or animal that lived long ago.

A deep valley along the ocean floor beneath which oceanic crust slowly sinks toward the mantle.

Giant undersea mountain range extending around the world like the seams of a baseball.

A system that uses the reflection of underwater sound waves to detect objects.

the idea that the middle of the ocean is spreading apart, moving very slowly in opposite directions.

Process in which oceanic crust sinks beneath a deep-ocean trench and back into the mantle at a convergent boundary.

A slab of Earth's lithosphere that can move around on the planet's surface.

A well-tested concept that explains a wide range of observations about a particular scientific question.

The movement of the earth’s upper mantle and crust.

A break in Earth's lithosphere where one block of rock moves toward, away from, or past another.

Two plates sliding horizontally past each other.

Place where two of Earth's tectonic plates are moving apart

A deep valley that forms when two plates drift apart

A boundary between lithosphere plates where the plates move toward one another and one plate is recycled into the mantle

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Inside earth, Chapter 1

Question	Answer
Lithosphere	The mantle and the crust together make the lithosphere which in Greek means "Stone"
Asthenosphere	A soft layer that flows slowly.
Outer Core	A layer of molten metal that surrounds the inner core and acts like a thick liquid.
Heat transfer	The movement energy when a warmer object's heat, transfers into a cooler object.
Raidiation	When heat is transferred into a cooler object.
Conduction	The process of heat transferring into another object.
Convection	The transfer between two bodies.
Convection current	A current in the fluid that represents Convection.
Density	The mass that makes it solid.
Mantle	A layer of hot rock.
Granite	A rock that has crystals, and it makes the continents of the earth.
Basalt	A dark rock that is found beneath the ocean crust.
Crust	A layer of rock that forms Earth’s outer skin.
pressure	The force pushing on a surface or area, and it increases as you go deeper and deeper.
Seismic wave	A ground vibration that helps geologists figure out how the planet is put together.
Continent	Seven great land masses surrounded by water.
Geologist	An expert in geology, the study of what the Earth is made of and how it was formed.
Rock	The material that forms the earth's hard surface.
Geology	The study of planet earth.
Constructive force	They shape the surface to make mountains and continents.
Destructive force	“Are those that slowly wear away mountains and eventually, every other feature on the surface”
Continental drift	A theory that continents can drift apart from one another and have done so in the past.
Pangaea	An extremely large landmass when all continents were connected together
Fossil	The imprint or hardened remains of a plant or animal that lived long ago.
Deep-ocean trench	A deep valley along the ocean floor beneath which oceanic crust slowly sinks toward the mantle.
Mid-ocean ridge	Giant undersea mountain range extending around the world like the seams of a baseball.
Sonar	A system that uses the reflection of underwater sound waves to detect objects.
Seafloor spreading	the idea that the middle of the ocean is spreading apart, moving very slowly in opposite directions.
Subduction	Process in which oceanic crust sinks beneath a deep-ocean trench and back into the mantle at a convergent boundary.
Plate	A slab of Earth's lithosphere that can move around on the planet's surface.
Scientific theory	A well-tested concept that explains a wide range of observations about a particular scientific question.
Plate tectonics	The movement of the earth’s upper mantle and crust.
Fault	A break in Earth's lithosphere where one block of rock moves toward, away from, or past another.
Transform boundary	Two plates sliding horizontally past each other.
Divergent boundary	Place where two of Earth's tectonic plates are moving apart
Rift valley	A deep valley that forms when two plates drift apart
Convergent boundary	A boundary between lithosphere plates where the plates move toward one another and one plate is recycled into the mantle

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