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SCIENCE CHAPTER 1

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PLATE A SECTION OF THE LITHOSPHERE THAT SLOWLY MOVES
TRANSFORM BOUNDARY A PLATE BOUNDARY WHERE TWO PLATES MOVE PAST EACH OTHER
PLATE TECTONICS THE THEORY THAT PIECES OF EARTH'S CRUST ARE IN CONSTANT MOTION
RIFT VALLEY A DEEP VALLEY THAT FORM WHERE THE PLATES MOVE APART
DIVERGENT BOUNDARY PLATE BOUNDARY WHERE TWO PLATES MOVE AWAY FROM EACH OTHER
SCIENTIFIC THEORY A WELL TESTED CONCEPT THAT EXPLAINS A WIDE RANGE OF OBSERVATIONS
CONVERGENT BOUNDARY A PLATE BOUNDARY WHERE TWO PLATE MOVE TOWARD EACH OTHER
FAULT BREAK IN EARTHS CRUST WHERE SLABS OF ROCK SLIP PAST EACH OTHER
PANGAEA THE NAME OF THE SINGLE MASS THAT BROKE UP 200 MILLION YEARS AGO
CONTINENTAL DRIFT THE HYPOTHESIS THAT THE CONTINENTS SLOWLY MOVE ACROSS EARTH'S SURFACE
FOSSIL A TRACE OF AN ANCIENT ORGANISM THAT HAS BEEN PRESERVED IN ROCK
RADIATION TRANSFER OF HEAT THRU EMPTY SPACE
HEAT TRANSFER MOVEMENT OF ENERGY FROM WARMER TO COOLER OBJECT
DENSITY THE AMOUNT OF MASS IN A GIVEN SPACE
CONDUCTION TRANSFER OF HEAT BY DIRECT CONTACT
CONVECTION TRANSFER OF HEAT BY MOVEMENTS OF HEATED FLUID
CONVECTION CURRENT MOVEMENT OF FLUID CAUSED BY DIFFERENCE IN TEMPERATURE TRANSFERS HEAT FROM ONE PART FLUID TO ANOTHER
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