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Continental Drift   A hypothesis that continents have moved slowly to their current locations  
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Pangea   A super continent that was composed of all over the continents  
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Seafloor Spreading   A theory that hot, less dense material below Eath's crust rises toward the surface at the mid-ocean ridges  
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Plate Tectonics   A theory that Earth's crust and part of the upper mantle are broken into sections  
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Plate   The sections that make up Earth's crust and part of the upper mantle that are broken into sections  
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Lithosphere   The layer of Earth that consists of the crust and upper mantle  
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Asthenosphere   The plasticlike laeyr below the lithosphere  
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Convection Current   A cycle made up of heating, rising, cooling, and sinking. It is also suggested to be the force behind continental drift  
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Earthquake   The vibrations produced by the breaking of rock  
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Primary Waves   Cause particles in rocks to move back and forth in the same direction that the wave is traveling, move quickly  
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Secondary Waves   Move through Earth by casuing particles in rocks to move at right angles to the direction of wave travel  
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Surface Waves   move rock particles in a backward, rolling motion and a side-to-side, swaying motion  
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Epicenter   The point on Earth's surface directly above the earthquake  
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Seismograph   This instrument measures seismic waves produced from an earthquake  
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Volcano   An opening in Earth that erupts gases, ash, and lava  
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Vent   After many years, magma reaches Earth's surface and flows out through an opening  
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Crater   Steep-walled depression around a colcano's vent  
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Hot Spot   Hor rock at these areas is forced toward the crust where it melts partially  
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Shield Volcano   Build up of basaltic lava form a broad volcano with gently sloping sides  
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Tephra   Bits of rock or solidified lava dropped from the air  
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Composite Volcano   A cycle of lava and tephra is repeated over and over again to form a valcano in alternating layers  
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Cinder Cone Volcano   When tephra falls to the ground, it forms a steep-sided, loosely packed valcano  
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