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Science

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convergent boundary   where two plates come together  
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outer core   2,266 km thick mostly made up of metals iron and nickle consist of two parts outer and inner  
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plate tectonics   explains theory formation movement and subduction of Earth's plate  
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subduction   Process in which crust sinks back into the mantle through deep oceans  
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Pangaea   Greek for all lands, German scientist said contenents drifted together  
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divergent boundary   where two plates move apart  
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transform boundary   where two plates slide past each other causing earthquakes  
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seismic waves   waves cause by earthquakes  
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basalt   dark rock found on ocean crust  
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granite   rock found on continental crust  
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mantle   hot solid rock over 3000 kms  
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lithosphere   upper more part of the mantle  
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asthenosphere   below the lithosphere  
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lower mantle   beneath the asthenosphere and is soilid  
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convection current   a cycle of heated molcules floating to the surface and then sinking when it cools  
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convection currents in earth   heat from the core and mantle  
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conduction   the way heat travels in matertials by tounching each other  
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radiation   heat transfers through heat waves  
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deep ocean trench   a valley along the ocean floor which crust sinks in to the mantle (subduction)  
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fossil   ancient organism that has been preserved by rock  
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continental drift   Wegener hypothesis that all continents were together  
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sonar   a device that determines the distance of an object under water be recording echoes of sounds waves  
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rift valley   a deep trech caused by divergent boundary  
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crust   layer of rocks that forms the Earth's surface  
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layers of the Earth   crust, mantle, lithosphere Asthenosphere, lower mantle, outer core inner core  
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inner core   most dense part many people would think there would be hot lava there but it is actually it is solid iron and nickel  
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