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Module 24 Flashcards

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1
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Ocean Plate + Ocean Plate?

A

subduction

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Ocean Plate + Continental Plate?

A

O Plate subducts

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3
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Continental Plate + Continental Plate?

A

Both upwards

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4
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Boundary that both move away?

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Divergent Boundary (seafloor spreading)

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5
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Boundary that one goes below?

A

Convergent (mountains, volcanoes)

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Boundary that both move along side?

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Transform fault (earthquakes)

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7
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Parts of Earth from inner to outer?

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Solid inner core, liquid outer core, mantle, crust

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Lithosphere?

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Solid upper mantle and crust

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9
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Mantle?

A

Asthenosphere and lithosphere

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Hot spots?

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where molten material reaches the lithosphere

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11
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Tectonic cycle?

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Sum of process that build and break down the lithosphere

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12
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Seafloor spreading?

A

formation of new ocean crust

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13
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Fault?

A

Fracture in rock

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14
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Fault Zone?

A

crevice where a fault occurred

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15
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Epicenter?

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point on the surface exactly above the center of an earthquake

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16
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How earthquakes are measured?

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Richter Scale

17
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Intrusive igneous rock?

A

igneous rock that forms and cools underground from magma

18
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Extrusive igneous rock?

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igneous rock that forms when magma cools above ground

19
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Fracture?

A

a crack appearing when rock cools

20
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How sedimentary rock is formed?

A

Compression of sediments

21
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How igneous rock is formed?

A

Magma cools

22
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How metamorphic rock is formed?

A

heat and pressure of any of the rock types

23
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Evidence for Pangea?

A

Identical rock formations and fossils of same species on different continents

24
Q

Example of extrusive igneous rock?

A

Obsidian

25
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Example of sedimentary rock?

A

Limestone

26
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Example of metamorphic rock?

A

Schist

27
Q

Example of intrusive igneous rock?

A

granite

28
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factor between Richter scale?

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