Chapter 9 Flashcards
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Mantle
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The plastic-like layer found just below the earth’s crust
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Lithosphere
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The rocky layer contains the crust and upper mantle
3
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Outer Core
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The dense liquid part of the core
4
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Inner Core
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The very dense center of the earth
5
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Convection Current
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The circular movement of hot materials to a cooler area
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Plate Tectonics
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The study of how the lithospheric plates interact
7
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Fault
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A crack in the earth’s plates along which movement occurs
8
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Convergent Boundary
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Plates That push together
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Divergent Boundary
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Plates that pull apart
10
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Transform Boundary
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Plates that slide past each other
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Crust
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The outer area of the earth
