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21 Cards in this Set
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observation
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using five senses
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problem
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ask a question based on information
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hypothesis
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an educated guess
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procedure
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materials
steps |
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record data
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analyze and write down the information that you did
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conclusion
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is your hypothesis rite?
why or why not |
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continental drift
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when all continents separated from pangea
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pangea
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when all continents joined together
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faults
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cracks
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rifts
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creating cracks
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sediment
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loose material like mud and sand
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mid ocean ridge
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a continuous chain of submarine volcanic mountains that encircles the globe like seams on a baseball
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mid atlantic ridge
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the mid ocean ridge in the atlantic
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east pacific rise
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the main section of ridge in the eastern pacific
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magnetic anomalies
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magnetic bands
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sea floor spreading
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sea floor moves away from the mid ocean ridges to create a new sea level
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lithospheric plates
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plates
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asthenosphere
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plastic layer of the upper mantel
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subduction
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the downward movement of the plate into the mantle
causes earthquakes |
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island arcs
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the volcanoes rise above sea level to create volcanic islands
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shear boundary
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two plates slide past each other neither creating nor destryoying lithosphere
also causes earthquakes |