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Plate Tectonics and Earth Composition Vocabulary

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A FORCE OR PRESSUREB THAT SQUEEZES ON AN OBJECT IS CALLEDCOMPRESSION
A FORCE THAT PULLS OR STRETCHES ON AN OBJECT IS CALLEDTENSION
THE OUTERMOST LAYER OR PART OF EARTH IS CALLEDCRUST
THE INNER MOST, SOLID LAYER OF THE EARTH IS CALLEDINNER CORE
THE IDEA THAT ALL THE CONTINENTS WERE ONE LARGE CONTINENT IS CALLEDPANGEA
THE AREA WHERE TWO TECTONIC PLATES MEET IS CALLEDA BOUNDARY
THE TYPE OF BOUNDARY WHERE PLATES COLLIDES IS CALLEDA CONVERGENT BOUNDARY
THE TYPE OF BOUNDARY WHERE PLATES MOVE AWAY FROM EACH OTHER IS CALLED?DIVERGENT BOUNDARY
THE IDEA THAT ALL CONTINENTS WERE JOINED AS ONE IS, PANGEA
THE TYPE OF BOUNDARY WHERE PLATES SEPARATES IS CALLED, DIVERGENT BOUNDARY
WHAT KIND OF BOUNDARY IS THIS?, DIVERGENT BOUNDARY
WHAT KIND OF BOUNDARY IS THIS?, A CONVERGENT BOUNDARY
THE EARTH IS MADE UP OF HOW MANY LAYERS?4; CRUST, MANTLE; INNER CORE; OUTER CORE
WHAT LAYER OF THE EARTH IS COMPOSED OF HOT MAGMA?MANTLE
WHAT LAYER OF THE EARTH IS COMPOSED OF SOLID IRON?INNER CORE
WHAT LAYER OF THE EARTH IS THE THINNEST LAYER?CRUST
THE TYPE OF BOUNDARY WHERE PLATES SLIDE PAST EACH OTHER IS CALLEDTRANSFORM BOUNDARY
WHAT KIND OF BOUNDARY IS THIS?, TRANSFORM
WHAT KIND OF BOUNDARY IS THIS?, TRANSFORM BOUNDARY
WHAT LAYER OF EARTH DO CONVECTION CURRENTS OCCUR?THE MANTLE
WE CALLED THE CIRCULAR MOVEMENT OF A LIQUID OR A GAS..CONVECTION CURRENTS
THE MOVEMENT OF AIR WITHIN THE MANTLE IS CALLED, CONVECTION CURRENTS
WHAT TYPE OF PHENOMENA ARE CAUSED BY DIVERGING PLATES?VOLCANOES
WHAT TYPE OF PHENOMENA ARE CAUSED BY CONVERGING PLATES?MOUNTAINS
WHAT TYPE OF PHENOMENA ARE CAUSED BY SLIDING PLATES?EARTHQUAKES



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