6th grade es
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| lithosphere | the solid outer layer of the earth that consist of the crust and the ridgid upper part of the mantle.
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| inner core | the solid dense center of our planet that extends from the bottom of the outer core to the center of the earth.
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| outer core | the liquid layer of earths core that lies beneath the mantle and surrounds the inner core
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| normal fault | forms when rocks are pulled apart because of tension.the hanging wall moves down relative to the footwall
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| reverse fault | happens when rocks are pushed together by compression. The hanging wall moves up realtive to the footwall.
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| strike slipfault | forms when opposing forces cause rock to break and move horizontally.
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| boundary | a place where tectonic plates touch.
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| Pangaea | Wegener theory that all continents were all formed into one super super continent.
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| sea floor spreading | the process by which new oceanic litoshpere forms as magma rises towards the surface and solidifies.
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| mid ocean ridges | under water mountain chains that run through earths ocean basins.
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| convergant boundary | the boundary formed by the collision of two lithospheric plates.
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| divergent boundary | the boundary between two tectonic plates that are moving away from each other.
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| transfrom boundary | the boundary between tectonic plates that are sliding past each other horizontially.
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| uplift | the rising of regions of the earths crust to higher elevation.
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| subsidence | the sinking of regions of th Earth's crust to lower elevations.
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| folding | the bending of rock layers due to stress.
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| compression | stress that occurs when forces act to squeeze and object.
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| tension | stress that occurs when forces act to stretch an object.
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| magma | hot liquid rock.
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| seismograph | measures the time at which seismic waves arrive at different distances from an eathquake.
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| fossils | the remains or physical evidence of an organism preserved bh geological processes.
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| magnetic reversals | when earths magnetic poles change places.
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| Global positioning system | a system of satellites used to measure the rate of tectonic plate movement.
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