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12 Cards in this Set
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Lithosphere |
The rigid outer part of the earth |
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Tectonic Plates |
The two sub-layers of the earths crust that move, float, and sometimes fracture |
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Divergant Boundaries |
Those that break away from one another. |
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Convergant Boundaires |
When two plates come together. The impact can cause mountains. |
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Transform Boundaries |
When two plates move past eachother without formation of new landforms or the presence of lava. |
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Convection current |
A current in a fluid that results from convection |
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Strata |
Layers |
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Pangea |
A super-continent that existed during the late Paleozoic and early Mesozoic eras. |
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Theory of Continental drift |
The earth continents have been joined together and have moved away from eachother at different times |
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Faults |
Breaks in our rock layers |
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Dip-slip faults |
When strata moves up and down |
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Strike-slip faults |
When a strata moves side to side |
