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Unit 2 Vocabulary

Stations

Geology

CRUSTthe thin and solid outermost layer of the

Earth above the mantle

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MANTLEin biology, a layer of tissue that covers the

body of many invertebrates

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COREthe central part of the Earth below the mantle; also the center of the sun

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BOUNDARIESwhen plates are split apart or separate

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CONVECTION CURRENTSthe vertical movement of air currents due

to temperature variations

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CONVERGENTthe boundary between tectonic plates that

are colliding

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DIVERGETNTthe boundary between two tectonic plates that are moving away from

each other

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TRANSFORMthe boundary between tectonic plates

that are sliding past each other horizontally

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EARTHQUAKE FAULTS

a break in a body of rock along which one block slides relative to another; a form of

brittle strain

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REVERSE FAULT

a fault in which the hanging wall moves up in relation to the footwall

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STRIKE-SLIP FAULT

a fault in which the two fault blocks move past each other horizontally

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VOLCANOa vent or fissure in the Earth's

surface through which magma and gases are expelled

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MAGMAliquid rock produced under the

Earth's surface; igneous rocks are made of magma

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PLATE TECTONICS

the theory that explains how large pieces of the lithosphere, called plates, move and change shape

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CONTINENTAL DRIFT

the hypothesis that states that the continents once formed a single

landmass, broke up, and drifted to their present locations

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FOSSIL EVIDENCEthe trace or remains of an organism that lived long ago, most commonly

preserved in sedimentary rock

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DENSITYthe ratio of the mass of a substance

to the volume of the substance; commonly expressed as grams per

cubic centimeter for solids and liquids and as grams per liter for gases

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TEMPERATUREa measure of how hot (or cold) something is; specifically, a measure of the average kinetic energy of the particles in an object

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COMPOSITIONthe chemical makeup of a rock; describes either the minerals or other materials in the rock

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GEOLOGICAL LITHOSPHERIC

PLATESthe theory that explains how large pieces of the lithosphere, called plates, move and change shape

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LITHOSPHEREthe solid, outer layer of Earth that consists of the crust and the rigid upper part of the mantle

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