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Earth Changes 1
science
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| lithosphere | layer of earth made up of crust and the rigid part of the upper mantle |
| asthenosphere | layer in earths upper mantle that is soft because it is close to melting |
| tectonic plate | one of large moving pieces of earths lithosphere (oceanic/continental) |
| continental drift | hypothesis that earths continents move on earths surface |
| Pangaea | hypothetical super continent that included all the land masses of earth,broke apart 200 million years ago |
| theory of plate tectonics | theory stating that earths lithosphere is broken into huge plates that move and change in size over time |
| rift valley | deep valley formed as tectonic plates move apart,such as along a mid-ocean ridge |
| magnetic reversal | switch in the direction of the earths magnetic field so that magnetic north and south switch |
| hot spot | area where a column of hot material rises from deep within the mantle and heats the lithosphere, causing volcanic activity |
| subduction | when oceanic plate sinks under another plate in Earths mantle |
| inner core | hot solid materials |
| outer core | liquid metals surrounding inner core |
| mantle | (thickest layer) hot rock that is less dense than core |
| crust | thin layer of cool rock----continental and oceanic crust |
| mid-ocean ridge | |
| convection | energy transfer by movement of material |
| transform boundary | |
| convection current | a motion that transfers heat energy in a material |
| divergent boundary | |
| convergent boundary | |
| continental-continental collision | |
| oceanic-oceanic subduction | |
| oceanic-continental subduction |