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Earthscience Sarrah1

Earth science vocabulary words

QuestionAnswer
Lithosphere The part of the earth were we live on;land, crust
Hydrosphere The part of the earth that holds water
atmosphere is all the gases on the earth combined
asthenosphere part of the upper mantle that is like the plastic layer of the earth
biosphere The lithosphere,hydrosphere, and atmosphere combined
oceanic crust crust below the ocean and is thinner and more denser then the continental crust
continental crust crust we live on which is more thicker than oceanic crust
sea floor spreading when two oceanic plates move apart and the new crust form is called sea floor spreading
transform boundary when two plates move sideways against each other
divergent boundary when two plates move apart from each other
convergent boundary when two plates collide
Pangaea Alfred Wegener`s theory that once all continents formed into a whole
subduction when one plate is pushes under another plate as they collide
displace move out of place
volume how much space an object takes up
density how heavy an object is
matter anything that takes up space
standardize the same for everyone
convection current heat or temperature from high temperature going to a low temperature; the heat inside the earth that causes plate tectonics to move in different speeds
continental drift Alfred Wegener`s theory that the continents that formed pangaea slowly drifted away from eachother
latitude distance in degrees north or south to the equator
Created by: Sarrah703
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