Earth science words Word Scramble
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| Question | Answer |
| normal faults | when rocks are pulled apart |
| reverse fault | when rocks are pushed together |
| sea floor spreading | when new sea floor forms |
| convergent boundary | when two plates collide |
| divergent boundary | when two plates separate |
| transform boundary | when two plates past each other horizontally |
| semimeter | the measurement of vibration during an earth quake |
| heat | energy is transferred between objects |
| convection | the movement of matter |
| atstenosphere | the layers of the mantle |
| fault | one block slides past each other |
| folding | the bending of rock layers |
| seismic waves | energy that travels threw earth |
| inner core | iron and nickel |
| outer core | liquid iron and nickel |
| crust | layer above the matle |
| mantle | the layer between the crust and core |
| theory of tectonic plates | continental drift |
| tectonic plates | block of lithosphere |
| pangea | when the continents were all one |
| volcanic mountains | then a volcano/mountain erupts |
| San Andreas Fault | between the pacific and north american plate |
| continental drift | when all of the continents drifted away |
| mid-ocean ridge | under water mountain chambers |
| magnetic revercle | when the magnetic poles change |
| bathliths | large mass of igneous rock |
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