Science Vocabulary from Sarvis' class
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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| Rock Cycle | The on ongoing processes that form and change rock from one kind to another.
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| Plate Tectonics | The theory that Earth's crust and upper mantle exist in sections that move called lithospheric plates.
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| Convection Current | The heating, rising, cooling, and sinking of matter; the movement of material is caused by uneven heating.
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| Pangaea | At one time in geologic history the continents were joined together in one large landmass called this.
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| Topographic Map | A map that uses contour lines and intervals to show the varying elevations of Earth's surface; provides information on elevation,relief, slope of the ground surface.
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| Volcano | A mountain built of cooled lava, volcanic sh, cinders, and rock.
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| Vent | Theopening in a volcano where magma flows out.
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| Tension | Forces that pull rocks apart.
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| Shearing | Forces that push on rocks from either side of faults causing them to push in opposite directions.
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| Compression | A force that pushes or squeezes rocks together.
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