Layer of Earth from below the mantle to the center of Earth

Pieces of lithosphere that move on top of asthenosphere

The liquid layer of Earth beneath mantle

Process by which new oceanic lithosphere is formed

The outermost, rigid layer of the Earth's crust

Layer of Earth between the crust and the core

Hypothesis that continents moved across the Earth's surface

Solid, dense center of our planet.

Layer extending from asthenosphere to core

Plastic layer of mantle on which pieces of lithosphere move

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Plate Tectonics

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Core
Layer of Earth from below the mantle to the center of Earth
Part of the apple that has seeds
Rhymes with bore
Contains oxygen, silicon and aluminum
2
When two tectonic plates collide, the boundary between them is a
Convergent boundary
deformation
Rift zone
transform boundary
3
Tectonic Plate
Theory that continents moved apart
Pieces of lithosphere that move on top of asthenosphere
Kind of dinner plates
A software to design architecture
4
The bending of rock layers due to stress
Footwall
Tension
Folding
Compression
5
Outer Core
The liquid layer of Earth beneath mantle
Fleshy part of an apple
Plastic layer on which tectonic plates move
Composed of iron-nickel alloy
6
Sea floor Spreading
Hydrographic survey company
Process by which new oceanic lithosphere is formed
Theory that explains polarity
An octopus spreading its arms on the seafloor
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Surface along which rocks break and slide past each other
Calcification
Deformation
Rebound
Fault
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The boundary between two tectonic plates that move away from each other
Slab pull
Ridge push
Transform boundary
Divergent Boundary
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Lithosphere
A sphere that is graceful
Meaning a calculus or a stone
The outermost, rigid layer of the Earth's crust
Plastic layer of the mantle
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Rising of regions of Earth's crust to higher elevations
Subsidence
Footwall
Hanging wall
Uplift
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Boundary between two tectonic plates that slide past each other
Transform boundary
Hanging wall
plate tectonics
Syncline
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Mantle
Fireplace
Layer of Earth between the crust and the core
Makes up 1/3rd of the Earth's mass
A loose sleeveless shawl
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Continental Drift
flight path of Continental airlines
Hypothesis that continents moved across the Earth's surface
Hypothesis that tectonic plates move
Music Club
14
Inner Core
Part of apple with seeds
Solid, dense center of our planet.
The only liquid layer
Made up of basalt, slate and granite
15
Crust
Name of a Pizza joint
Outermost layer of the Earth
Bottom of a pie...yum
Crab with a wrong spelling
16
Sinking of regions of Earth's crust
Reverse fault
Rift zone
Volcano
Subsidence
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Mesosphere
Inner tissue of a leaf
Kind of a soup
The only liquid layer of Earth
Layer extending from asthenosphere to core
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Stress that occurs when forces squeeze an object
Deformation
Compression
Monocline
Tensions
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Asthenosphere
Plastic layer of mantle on which pieces of lithosphere move
Song by Blink-182
Loss of strength
It is divided into pieces called tectonic plates
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Theory that Earth's lithosphere is divided into plates that move
Plate Tectonics
Origin of species
Tectonic plates
Continental drift

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