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E Sci Final Terms
vocab for final from Gilmore
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| aftershock | tremor that follows and is smaller than a major earthquake |
| alloy | solid solution of two or more metals |
| altitude | the height above the earth’s surface |
| asthenosphere | zone of mantle beneath the lithosphere that consists of slowly flowing solid rock |
| atom | smallest unit of an element |
| axis | imaginary straight line running through the earth from pole to pole |
| cartography | the science of map-making |
| compound | a substance that results when the atoms of two or more elements are chemically combined |
| compression | stress that squeezes crustal rocks together |
| continental crust | material that makes up landmasses |
| continental drift | hypothesis stating that the continents once formed a single landmass, broke up, and drifted to their present locations |
| core | center of a planetary body, such as the earth |
| crater | funnel-shaped pit at the top of a volcanic cone OR bowl-shaped depression on the surface of a planetary body |
| crust | outermost zone of the solid earth |
| deformation | bending, tilting, and breaking of the earth's crust |
| earthquakes | vibrations of the earth's crust |
| electron | subatomic particle with a negative electrical charge |
| epicenter | point on the earth's surface directly above the focus of an earthquake |
| fault | break in rock along which rocks on either side of the break move |
| fault zone | group of interconnected faults |
| folding | permanent deformation or bending of a rock under stress |
| fracture | break in rock along which there is no movement |
| gas | physical form of matter that does not have a definite volume or shape |
| hot spot | area of volcanism within a lithospheric plate |
| ion | atom or group of atoms that carries an electrical charge |
| isotope | atom of an element that has the same atomic number but different atomic mass than another atom of that element |
| lava | magma that reaches the earth's surface |
| legend | list of map symbols and their meaning |
| liquid | physical form of matter with a definite volume but no definite shape |
| lithosphere | thin outer shell of the earth consisting of the crust and the rigid upper mantle |
| magma | liquid rock produced deep inside the earth |
| mantle | zone of rock below the earth's crust |
| matter | substance that takes up space and has mass |
| meridian | semicircle on the earth that runs from pole to pole |
| mixture | material that contains two or more substances that are not chemically combined |
| Pangaea | single landmass thought to have been the origin of all continents |
| proton | subatomic particle with a positive electrical charge |
| revolution | movement of a planet around the sun |
| rotation | spinning of a planet on its axis |
| scale | relationship between distance shown on a map and actual distance |
| solid | physical form of matter with a definite shape and volume |
| solution | mixture in which one substance is uniformly dispersed in another substance |
| strain | change in shape and volume of rocks that contains both iron and stone |
| stress | the amount of force per unit area that is placed on a given material |
| tension | stress that pulls rocks apart |
| tsunami | giant ocean wave that often occurs after a major earthquake with an epicenter on the ocean floor |
| vent | opening through which molten rock flows onto the earth's surface |
| volcanic ash | pyroclastic particles between 0.25 mm and 2 mm in diameter |
| volcanic dust | pyroclastic particles less than 0.25 mm in diameter |
| volcano | lava and pyroclastic material built up on the earth's surface around a vent |
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