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tectonic plates
Question | Answer |
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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 |