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15 Cards in this Set
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"rock sphere" made up of tectonic plates
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lithospere
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"middle sphere"strong lower part of the mantle
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mesosphere
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"weak sphere" just below the lithosphere
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asthenosphere
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part of the earth that is liquid
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outer core
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outer most layer of the earth
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crust
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solid, dense center of the earth
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inner core
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ancient continent that containted all the land masses
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pangea
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theory thst contains can drift apart from one another
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continental drift
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pieces that the lithosphere is divided into
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tectonic plate
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thinner but denser than the continental crust
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oceanic crust
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san andreas fault
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transform boundry
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when two tectonic plates collide (sometimes has a subduction zone)
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convergent boundry
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when two tectonic plates move away from one another(associated with mid ocean ridges)
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divergent boundry
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the surface along which rocks break and slide past each other
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fault
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the hanging wall moves down relative tothe foot wall
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normal fault
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