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Plate Tectonics Vocabulary (S6E5e)
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Paulding County School District 6th Grade Earth Science Plate Tectonics vocabulary Unit 4 (S6E5e)
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a hypothetical supercontinent that included all the landmasses of the earth
Basalt
Granite
Pangea
lithosphere
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rigid portion of the mantle that makes up part of the lithosphere
core
Pangea
<p>upper mantle</p>
magnetic field
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the central part of the earth's core made up of solid iron
mantle
crust
inner core
outer core
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light colored intrusive igneous rock that makes up the continetal crust
<p>fossil</p>
iron
basalt
granite
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the melted solid layer of the earth between the crust and thecore
crust
<p>outer core </p>
inner core
mantle
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one plate moves under another plate and sinks into the mantle as the plates converge
divergent boundary
continental drift
subduction
transform boundary
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a remnant or trace of an organism or a pastgeologic age
granite
Pangea
Basalt
fossil
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transfers heat in Earth's interior and is the driving force for plate tectonics
asthenosphere
convection current
continental drift
magnetic field
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outer part of the earth, consisting of thecrust and upper mantle, approximately 100 km thick
Magnetic field
Lithosphere
outer core
Inner core
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deformable rock found below the lithosphere and the upper mantle (where convection takes place)
lithosphere
outer core
asthenosphere
inner core
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dark colored extrusive igneous rock which makes up the ocean floor
<p>continetal plate</p>
<p>oceanic plate</p>
<p>continental drift</p>
magnetic field
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tectonic plates moving away from each other
transform boundary
divergent boundary
convergent boundary
continental drift
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outermost solid part of the earth
crust
outer core
mantle
inner core
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describes the large scale motions of earth'slithosphere
magnetic field
Pangea
Continental Drift
Plate Tectonics
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movement, formation, or re-formation ofcontinents explained by the theory of plate tectonics
divergent boundary
convergent boundary
continental drift
transform boundary
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light colored continental crust made up of granite
magnetic field
continental crust
oceanic crust
continental drift
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a magnetic or an electric current created by the rotation of inner core and protects the earth
tectonic plates
density
continetal drift
magnetic field
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tectonic plates collide with each other
divergent boundary
continental drift
transform boundary
convergent boundary
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the mass per unit volume of a substance underspecified conditions of pressure and temperature
fossil
density
Pangea
convection
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the upper zone of the earth's core made of liquid iron and nickle
mantle
crust
inner core
outer core
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two tectonic plate grind past each other in a horizontal direction
divergent boundary
convergent boundary
transform boundary
continental drift
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a hard, dense, dark volcanic rock that makes up the oceanic crust
basalt
granite
mantle
fossil
