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7th grade science terms
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| imaginary line that represents 0 degrees longitude and runs from the north pole through Greenwhitch,England, to the South pole. | prime meridian |
| imaginary line that wraps around the Earth at 0degress latitude,halfway between the north and south pole. | equator |
| thin layer of tissue that covers a mollusk's body that can secrete a shell. | mantle |
| latge,ancient landmass that was composed of all the continents joined together. | pangea |
| cone-shaped hill or mountain formed when hot magma,solids and gas erupt onto Earth's surface through a vent. | volcano |
| theory the Earths's crust and upper mantle are broken into plates that float and move around on a plasticlike layer of the mantle. | plate tetonics |
| rigid layer of the Earth about 100km thick,made of the crust and a part of the upper mantle. | lithosphere |
| the portion of the Earth lying between the crust and the core | mantle |
| a measure of the enerfy released by an earthquake. | magnitude |
| distance in degrees north or south of the equator. | latitude |
| distance in degrees east or west of the prime meridian. | longitude |
| anything that has mass and takes up space. | matter |