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Unit 3 Vocabulary Test

Enter the letter for the matching Definition
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Slab pull
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Asthenosphere
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Tension
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Subduction
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Ridge push
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Reverse Fault
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Seafloor Spreading
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Hot Spot
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Strike-slip fault
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Geohazard
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Mantle convection
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Transform boundary
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Compression
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Mafic
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Theory of Continental Drift
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Lava
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Stress that pulls rocks in two separate directions
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Geological occurrences where land falls, moves, or shifts
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When lava hardens and pushes away old crust
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Hot areas on Earth's surface where plumes of mantle rise to the surface
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Compression forces plates to move in opposite directions (upward)
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Igneous rocks with lots of magnesium and iron
G.
When two plates rub against each other in opposite directions; forms faults and causes earthquakes
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Shearing causes horizontal movement along fault
I.
When lava in the ocean hardens and forms a rock at a mid ocean ridge and pushes older crust back
J.
The lower part of the crust and upper part of the mantle
K.
When denser plates sink under less dense plates
L.
Stress that's aimed to the center of a rock mass
M.
The circulation of warm less dense material and cold dense material
N.
When old and colder plates are pulled under newer ones
O.
Magma that's exited the earth's crust
P.
The theory that the continents are slowly drifting apart
Type the Term that corresponds to the displayed Definition.
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When two plates push together in the same direction; often forms volcanic mountains
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Point directly above the focus of an earthquake
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The point of the first rupture of a fault during an earthquake
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Igneous rocks with many elements that form feldspar and etc,
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Giant irregularly shaped slab of solid rock
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Tension causes plates to slip horizontally downward
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Molten rock and minerals in earth's crust
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The shifting of two plates or rocks against one another
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Theory that the continents were once whole called a supercontinent
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When two plates are pulled apart/pushed apart and form ridges or rift valleys

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