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A subdivision of the mantle situated below the lithosphere. This zone of weak material exists below a depth of about 100 kilometers and in some regions extends as deep as 700 kilometers. The rock within this zone is easily deformed.

air masses that form land and are dry

Process by which, in a fluid being heated, the warmer part of the mass will rise and the cooler portions will sink.

plates moving towards each other occurs where two plates push together

Earth's outermost layer.

Process in which sediment is laid down in new locations.
Plate tectonic boundary where lithospheric plates are moving apart.

occurs where two plates pull away from each other

vibrations from the ground

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Processes by which rock, sand, and soil are broken down and carried away (i.e. weathering, glaciation) a crack in the earth's surface where two pieces of land have moved in different directions

forms when hot, liquid rock, or magma cools and solidifies

A dense sphere of solid iron and nickel at the center of Earth
A rigid layer made up of the uppermost part of the mantle and the crust. A molten mixture of rock-forming substances, gases, and water from the mantle Begins about 6 miles under the ocean's crust and 19 miles below the continent's crus

3rd layer of the atmosphere

A type of rock that forms from an existing rock that is changed by heat, pressure, or chemical reactions.

a chain of underwater mountains

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earths crust located under the ocean

Underwater expanse of sediment-covered basaltic crust between continents or between coninental margin and oceanic ridge

earths crust located under the ocean

A layer of molten iron and nickel that surrounds the inner core of Earth

A type of seismic wave that compresses and expands the ground

(plate tectonics) a hypothetical continent including all the landmass of the earth prior to the Triassic period when it split into Laurasia and Gondwanaland

At plate boundaries, Earth's crust is broken (fault) and rocks slip past each other in one of 3 types of plate boundaries.

the theory that explains how the continents move

A naturally occurring solid mixture of one or more minerals or organic matter A series of processes on the surface and inside Earth that slowly changes rocks from one kind to another

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A type of seismic wave that moves the ground up and down or side to side

The process by which molten material adds new oceanic crust to the ocean floor

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Forms when sediments are compacted and cemented together or when minerals form from solutions.

the study of earthquakes

vibrations that travel through earth carrying the energy released during an earthquake

Plates slide horizontally past one another

(physics) a stress that produces an elongation of an elastic physical body a boundary where two plates slide past one another without creating or destroying lithosphere

occurs where two plates slip past each other

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(geology) a rise of land to a higher elevation (as in the process of mountain building)

A weak spot in the crust where magma has come to the surface
The breaking down of rocks and other materials on the Earth's surface.