Crust

Front 1

The outermost and thinnest layer of earth

Back 1

Crust

Hint 1

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Thin=crust

Front 2

the layer of rock between the Earths crust and its core

Back 2

Mantle

Hint 2

MMMMMMMMMMantle-MMMMMMMMiddle

Front 3

The center of planetary body such as Earth

Back 3

Core

Hint 3

the core is the main "guy" the boss..the Center of attention

Front 4

the thin outer shell of earth consisting of the crust and rigid upper mantle

Back 4

lithosphere

Front 5

The theory that Earths surface is made up of large moving plates

Back 5

Plate tectonics

Hint 5

the question has plates and answer has plate

Front 6

The zone of the mantle beneath the lithosphere that consists of slowly flowing solid rock

Back 6

asthenosphere

Hint 6

ASSthenosphere-slowly flowing solid Poo out of your butt

Front 7

Molten rock within the Earth

Back 7

Magma

Hint 7

MMMM=MMMMagma

Front 8

the process in which a tectonic plate dives beaneath another tectonic plate and into the asthenosphere

Back 8

subduction

Hint 8

subtraction=going down(beneath)

Front 9

A crack in the Earth, created when rocks on either side of a break move

Back 9

Fault

Hint 9

a fault=something bad

a crack in the earth is definatly bad

Front 10

The area along a fault at which slippage first occurs, initiating an Earthquake.

Back 10

Focus

Hint 10

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Front 11

The point on Earths surface directly above the focus of an Earthquake.

Back 11

epicenter

Front 12

Primary waves; the longitudinal waves generated by an earthquake.

Back 12

P waves

Hint 12

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P

Front 13

secondary waves; the tranverse waves generated by an earthquake

Back 13

S waves

Hint 13

SSSSecondy waves=SSSS waves

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Front 14

A seismic wave that travels along earth surface

Back 14

Seismology

Hint 14

half the word is in the question

Front 15

Scale that expresses that relative magnitude of an earthquake

Back 15

Richter Scale

Hint 15

its the only kind of scale in this vocab

Front 16

An opening through whcih molten rock flows onto Earths surface

Back 16

Vent

Hint 16

vent is an OPENING

Front 17

A natural inorganic solid with a definite chemical composition and a characteristic internal structure

Back 17

Mineral

Hint 17

when they say structure think of a Rock and when you think of rock think of MINERAL

Front 18

rock formed from cooled and hardened magma or lava

Back 18

igneous rock

Front 19

Change in the physical form or chemical composition of rock materials exposed at Earths surface

Back 19

Weathering

Hint 19

The weather always CHANGES the key word is change (in the rocks)

Front 20

Rock formed from compressed or cemented deposits of sediment

Back 20

Sedimentary

Hint 20

It has the word Sediment in it

Front 21

The traces or remains of a plant or an animal found in sedmentary rock

Back 21

fossils

Hint 21

common sence

Front 22

Rock formed from other rocks as a result of heat, pressure, or chemical processes.

Back 22

Metamorphic Rock

Hint 22

formed sounds like metamorphic

Front 23

Precipitation that has an unusually high concentration of sullfuric or nitric acids resulting from chemical pollution of the air

Back 23

Acid Rian

Hint 23

when you see the word Precipitation think ACID RAIN

Front 24

The process by which rock and or the products of weathering are removed

Back 24

Erosion

Hint 24

removed, taken away= erosion

Front 25

Process in which sediment is laid down

Back 25

deposition