Chapter 4
Quiz yourself by thinking what should be in
each of the black spaces below before clicking
on it to display the answer.
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| CORE | EARTH'SCENTER, WHERE PRESSURE AND TEMP. ARE VERY HIGH
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| MANTLE | THE SECTION OF EARTH'S INTERIOR THAT LIES ABOVE THE OUTER CORE AND HAS THE MOST MASS
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| MAGMA | molten material beneath or within the earth's crust, from which igneous rock is formed
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| PLATE TECTONICS | a theory of global tectonics in which the lithosphere is divided into a number of crustal plates
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| CONTINENTAL DRIFT | the lateral movement of continents resulting from the motion of crustal plates.
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| RIFT VALLEYS | a subsea chasm extending along the crest of a mid-ocean ridge, locus of the magma upwellings that accompany seafloor spreading
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| ABYSSAL PLAINS | a large area of extremely flat or gently sloping ocean floor just offshore from a continent
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| CONTINENTAL SHELVES | the sea bed surrounding a continent at depths of up to about 200 metres
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| TRENCH | a system of such excavations, with their embankments
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| FOLDS | to bend over upon itself
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| FAULTS | a defect or imperfection; flaw; failing
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| WEATHERING | the state of the atmosphere with respect to wind, temperature, cloudiness, moisture, pressure
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| SEDIMENT | the matter that settles to the bottom of a liquid; lees; dregs
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| EROSION | the act or state of eroding; state of being eroded
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| GLACIERS | an extended mass of ice formed from snow falling and accumulating over the years and moving very slowly
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| DELTA | the fourth letter of the greek alphabet
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Review the information in the table. When you are ready to quiz yourself you can hide individual columns or the entire table. Then you can click on the empty cells to reveal the answer. Try to recall what will be displayed before clicking the empty cell.
To hide a column, click on the column name.
To hide the entire table, click on the "Hide All" button.
You may also shuffle the rows of the table by clicking on the "Shuffle" button.
Or sort by any of the columns using the down arrow next to any column heading.
If you know all the data on any row, you can temporarily remove it by tapping the trash can to the right of the row.
To hide a column, click on the column name.
To hide the entire table, click on the "Hide All" button.
You may also shuffle the rows of the table by clicking on the "Shuffle" button.
Or sort by any of the columns using the down arrow next to any column heading.
If you know all the data on any row, you can temporarily remove it by tapping the trash can to the right of the row.
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