Science vocab cards Word Scramble
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Term | Definition |
The Rock Cycle | an idealized process that rocks under go |
Weathering | wear away or change the appearance or texture |
Erosion | the gradual destruction of something |
Sediments | matter that settles to |
Deposits | where things gather |
Organic | living matter |
Fossils | the remains of a animal |
Fossils in Sedimentary Rocks | fossils that sediments formed around |
Fossils in Igneous Rocks | fossils stuck in lava, lava cools |
Law of Superposition | axioms that form one of the bases of science |
Thoery of Plate Tectonics | large scale motion of the outer crust movement |
Thoery of Continental Drift | Alfred Wagners theory |
Alfred Wagner | theory of the continental drift |
Uniformitarianism | principle of assumption |
Sea Floor Spreading | spreading and lava pushes up |
What causes Plate Tectonic Movement | lithosphere |
Types of heat | conduction,convection,buoyancy |
Conduction | heat is transferred through a surface |
Radiation | high energy particles |
Structure of the Earth | core,mantle,crust |
Lithosphere | hard ridged shell of the earth |
Plate Boundary | lithosphere |
Divergent Boundary | slide under |
Convection Boundary | rub past each other |
Transform Boundary | collide with eachother |
Subduction | sideways and downward movement of earths plates |
Ring of Fire | volcanic activity around the pacific ocean |
Hot spot | area that has high temperatures |
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