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| Beginning from the center of the earth, list the structure. |
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Definition
| Inner Core, Outer Core, Mantle, Crust |
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| What items would best model the inner core outer core asthenosphere and lithosphere |
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Definition
Inner core: Something solid and metal
Outer core: Something Liquid |
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| The shell of hard boiled egg is used to model the layers of the Earth, what evidence supports the claim that the shell is the lithosphere |
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Definition
| The lithosphere is hard and floats on top of the asthenosphere/mantle like the shell floats on top of the egg white. |
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Term
| where do convection currents occur in the earth? the movement of these convection currents causes WHAT to move? |
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Definition
| Convection currents are in the mantle and cause the tectoric plates to move. |
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Term
| what geological events are most associated with transform boundaries? Where in the united states do we see this happening most? |
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Definition
| earthquakes are most common along transform boundaries and are common along the San Andreas Fault in California. |
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Term
| How are mountain ranges formed. |
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Definition
| convergent boundaries of two continental plates colliding. |
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Term
| What are the 3 types of plate boundaries and what geological event are results of them. |
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Definition
convergent-Mountains, earthquakes, volcanic activity.
divergent-sea floor spreading, rift valley
transform-earthquakes |
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Term
| what would cause mountains to get taller |
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Definition
| plates pushing torward each other would increase the size of a mountain. |
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Term
| if the tectonic plates are constantly moving, why is the earth not getting bigger in diameter |
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Definition
| the eraths size does not change but the way it looks does if it speparates in one place it must balance that movement else where by colliding. |
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Term
| understand the order of ingredients in the earths crust elements combine to create rocks which combine to form the earths crust |
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Definition
| elements combine to make minerals which combine to create rocks which combine to form the earths crust. |
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Term
| what processes from metamorphic rock? Igneous rock? Sedimentary rock? |
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Definition
| metamorphic- heat and pressure; igneous- cool and harden of magma; Sedimentary-compaction and cementation of sediment. |
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