Layer of Earth between the crust and the core

Solid, dense center of our planet.

The outermost, rigid layer of the Earth's crust

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

The liquid layer of Earth beneath mantle

Plastic layer of mantle on which pieces of lithosphere move

Layer extending from asthenosphere to core

Process by which new oceanic lithosphere is formed

Pieces of lithosphere that move on top of asthenosphere

Hypothesis that continents moved across the Earth's surface

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Plate Tectonics

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Boundary between two tectonic plates that slide past each other
plate tectonics
Syncline
Hanging wall
Transform boundary
2
Crust
Name of a Pizza joint
Bottom of a pie...yum
Crab with a wrong spelling
Outermost layer of the Earth
3
Sinking of regions of Earth's crust
Rift zone
Reverse fault
Volcano
Subsidence
4
Mantle
A loose sleeveless shawl
Makes up 1/3rd of the Earth's mass
Fireplace
Layer of Earth between the crust and the core
5
Inner Core
Part of apple with seeds
The only liquid layer
Made up of basalt, slate and granite
Solid, dense center of our planet.
6
Lithosphere
A sphere that is graceful
Plastic layer of the mantle
Meaning a calculus or a stone
The outermost, rigid layer of the Earth's crust
7
Rising of regions of Earth's crust to higher elevations
Subsidence
Uplift
Footwall
Hanging wall
8
Core
Contains oxygen, silicon and aluminum
Rhymes with bore
Layer of Earth from below the mantle to the center of Earth
Part of the apple that has seeds
9
The bending of rock layers due to stress
Footwall
Tension
Compression
Folding
10
The boundary between two tectonic plates that move away from each other
Slab pull
Divergent Boundary
Transform boundary
Ridge push
11
Stress that occurs when forces squeeze an object
Deformation
Monocline
Tensions
Compression
12
Outer Core
The liquid layer of Earth beneath mantle
Plastic layer on which tectonic plates move
Composed of iron-nickel alloy
Fleshy part of an apple
13
Asthenosphere
It is divided into pieces called tectonic plates
Plastic layer of mantle on which pieces of lithosphere move
Loss of strength
Song by Blink-182
14
Mesosphere
Inner tissue of a leaf
Kind of a soup
The only liquid layer of Earth
Layer extending from asthenosphere to core
15
When two tectonic plates collide, the boundary between them is a
transform boundary
Rift zone
Convergent boundary
deformation
16
Theory that Earth's lithosphere is divided into plates that move
Origin of species
Plate Tectonics
Tectonic plates
Continental drift
17
Sea floor Spreading
Hydrographic survey company
An octopus spreading its arms on the seafloor
Process by which new oceanic lithosphere is formed
Theory that explains polarity
18
Tectonic Plate
Kind of dinner plates
Theory that continents moved apart
A software to design architecture
Pieces of lithosphere that move on top of asthenosphere
19
Surface along which rocks break and slide past each other
Fault
Rebound
Deformation
Calcification
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Continental Drift
flight path of Continental airlines
Music Club
Hypothesis that continents moved across the Earth's surface
Hypothesis that tectonic plates move

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