World Foundations~Plate Tectonics

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  1. mantle
    the layer of the earth between the crust and the core
  2. density
    the amount per unit size
  3. subduction
    movement of the edge of one tectonic plate under another
  4. radiation
    energy transmitted in the form of rays or waves or particles
  5. geologist
    a specialist in the history of the Earth recorded in rocks
  6. crust
    the outer layer of the Earth
  7. conduction
    the transmission of heat or electricity or sound
  8. trench
    a long steep-sided depression in the ocean floor
  9. asthenosphere
    the zone of Earth's mantle that lies below the lithosphere
  10. seismic
    subject to or caused by an earthquake or earth vibration
  11. convection
    transfer of heat caused by molecular motion in liquid or gas
  12. lithosphere
    the solid part of the Earth
  13. fault
    a crack in the earth's crust resulting from displacement
  14. Mid-Atlantic Ridge
    a very long narrow elevation on the ocean floor that runs all the way from Iceland in the North Atlantic to Bouvet Island in the South Atlantic
  15. plate tectonics
    the movement or study of the movement of Earth's crust
  16. core
    the central part of the Earth
  17. continental drift
    the gradual movement of very large land masses
  18. Pangea
    (plate tectonics) a hypothetical continent including all the landmass of the earth prior to the Triassic period when it split into Laurasia and Gondwanaland
  19. wave
    (physics) a movement up and down or back and forth
  20. lithosphere
    the solid part of the Earth
Created on Sun Sep 15 17:01:17 EDT 2013 (updated Tue Sep 17 08:57:18 EDT 2013)

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