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Asthenosphere is
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layer of the Earth below the listhosphere. It is not rigid
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Divergent boundary is:
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a place where the plates that make up the Earth's crust and upper mantle move away from one another.
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Convergent Boundary is:
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a place where the plates that make up the Earth's crust and upper mantle move together.
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Convection is:
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the process by which heat energy is transferred by a moving fluid
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A volcano is:
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an opening in the Earth's crust through which hot gases, rock fragments, and molten rock erupt.
Also, magma erupts along convergent and divergent boundaries |
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A transform-fault boundary is:
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a place where the plates that make up Earth's crust and upper mantle move past one another
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Fault block Mountains:
Some examples of these Mountains are: |
a mountain formed when masses of rock move up or down along a fault which are cracks in the Earth's crust
Examples: Great Rift Valley Grand Tetons Dead Sea Area |
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Folded Mountain:
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a mountain formed when two tectonic plates collide.
These plates(rocks) are squeezed together Examples: Alps, Urals, Appalachians, Himalayas |
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Dome Mountain
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a mountain formed when magma lifts Earth's surface, creating a broad dome, or buldge. The magma cools and hardens under the surface fomring a buldge.
Examples: Sangre de Cristo, Big Horn, Black Hills, Longs Peak |
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Lithosphere:
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is the solid, rocky layer of Earth, including the crust and the top part of the mantle.
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Magnetic Field:
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is the space around a magnet within the force of the magnet when exerted
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Convection Current
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the path along which energy is transferred during convection
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Plate Boundary
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The places where the plates that make up the Earth's crust and upper mantle either move together or apart or move past one another.
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Theroy of Continental Drift
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The continent's formed a single land mass at one time in the past and have drifted over time to their present location.
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Theory of Plate Tectonics
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The Earth's lithosphere is broken into large slabs or plates that are in motion
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