Platectonics Flashcards

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Lithosphere

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outer ridge of the earth

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Asthenosphere

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the upper layer of the earth’s mantle, below the lithosphere, in which there is relatively low resistance to plastic flow and convection is thought to occur.

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Mesosphere

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the region of the earth’s atmosphere above the stratosphere and below the thermosphere, between about 30 and 50 miles (50 and 80 km) in altitude.

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Inner Core

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the innest part of the earth

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outer core

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outer most part of the earth

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Seismic Waves

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waves of semi crazyiness

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Oceanic Crust

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crust of the ocean

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Continental crust

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the continent of the crust

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Density

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how much it weighs

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Alfred Wegener

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a very stupid alfred

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Continental Drift

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a continent drifted

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Convergent Boundary

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a destrutive plate

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Divergent Boundary

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a plate boundry

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Transform Boundary

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final boundry

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sea-floor spreading

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the spreading of the sea floor

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16
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Pangaea

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the super continent

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Laurasia

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another super continent

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Gondwana

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vast area

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Mesosaurus

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an extinct small aquatic reptile of the early Permian period, with an elongated body, flattened tail, and a long narrow snout with numerous needlelike teeth.

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Glossopteris

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leaves