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What is a global positioning system?
a radar system that uses sound waves to find depth
anetwork of satellites used to determine locations on earth
google earth
satellites that do cool things like arrest hillary clinton
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portionof lithospheric plate that sinks down into earth’s mantle during subduction
subduction
asthenosphere
slab
ocean trench
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whatexplains how lithosphericplates move and interact causing major geologic features andevents
seafloor spreading
plate tectonics
continental drift
lithospheric plates
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ancientsupercontinent that began breaking up about 200 million years ago
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pangaea
ursula
jurassic park
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Define
Magma
cheese that went bad and exploded the world
rich soil found in faults
molten, liquid rock material found underground.
hot and molten liquid found above ground
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define rock
metamorphic
a natural, solid mixture of mineral crystalparticles.
hardened magma
compacted sand
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what happens in continental drift?
continents slowly drift parallel to earth’s surface.
the lithospheric plates eat each other um num num.
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minerals shift out of place and cause the plates to move
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heat transfer by the movement of matter from oneplace to another
convection
current
contraption
conduction
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Define
Mid-ocean Ridge
mountain ranges on the seafloor where new crust forms
a crack that rotates and produces earthquakes
a portion of lithospheric plate
a large amount of basaltic rock
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Define
Seafloor Spreading
seafloor is made and spread away from mid ocean ridges.
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the extension of the seafloor from seismic waves.
the seafloor spreads because magma works
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large, brittle pieces of Earth’s outer shellcomposed of crust and uppermost mantle.
outer sphere
lithosphere
core
asthenosphere
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long, narrow, deep parts of theseafloor formed where a subducting slab bends down into earth.
magnetic polarity zebra stripes
mid ocean ridges
donald trump
ocean trenches
