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17 Cards in this Set
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The composition of the inner core |
Iron and nickel |
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The main rocks that make up the oceanic and Continental crust are |
Granite |
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The layer of the mantle below the lithosphere |
Asthenosphere |
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Where is the thickest layer of the crust located |
Continental crust |
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What material makes up the lithosphere |
Upper mantle, all of the crust |
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What layer is below the continental crust |
Mantle |
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Of the four layers of earth, which layer is the thinnest and has the lowest density |
crust |
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Which layer of earth is the thickest |
Mantle |
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Why is the mantle more dense than the cruat |
Has more pressure |
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List layers of the earth from top down |
Crust Mantle Inner core Outercore |
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The process in which the ocean flow sinks below a deep ocean trench and back into the mantle |
Oceanic plate subdut under the cont. Plate |
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This causes the movement of tectonic plates |
Convection current |
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Where do mountains normally occar |
Near convergent boundaries |
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What type of plate boundary occurs at the ring of fire in the Pacific Ocean |
Convergent |
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What evidence have scientists collected that proves the breaking of pangaea |
Fossil evidence shapes of the continents |
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What causes the forming of mountains and volcanoes along the edge of a continent |
Convergent |
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Plates that move away from each other are what kind of boundary |
Divergent |
