Continental Drift and Plate Tectonics

MASON R. (United States of America)
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  1. convection
    transfer of heat caused by molecular motion in liquid or gas
  2. density
    the amount per unit size
  3. trench
    any long ditch cut in the ground
  4. earthquake
    vibration from underground movement along a fault plane
  5. volcano
    a fissure in the earth's crust through which gases erupt
  6. geologist
    a specialist in the history of the Earth recorded in rocks
  7. convergence
    the act of coming closer
  8. continental drift
    the gradual movement of very large land masses
  9. plate tectonics
    the movement or study of the movement of Earth's crust
  10. lithosphere
    the solid part of the Earth
  11. asthenosphere
    the zone of Earth's mantle that lies below the lithosphere
  12. core
    the center of an object
  13. mantle
    the layer of the earth between the crust and the core
  14. crust
    a hard outer layer that covers something
  15. magma
    molten rock in the earth's crust
  16. lava
    rock that in its molten form issues from volcanos
  17. crustal movement
    movement resulting from or causing deformation of the earth's crust
  18. deposition
    the act of putting something somewhere
  19. pressure
    the act of putting pressure on something
  20. compression
    the act of applying force
  21. 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
  22. ridge
    a long narrow natural elevation or striation
Created on Thu Nov 07 06:31:52 EST 2013 (updated Thu Nov 07 13:22:05 EST 2013)

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