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Plate tectonics with vocabulary

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Page 1: Plate tectonics with vocabulary

VOCABULARY

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plate tectonics-

theory that continents are in slow, constant motion.

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continents-

huge land masses

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Continental Drift-

the theory that the continents were once a single land mass and have broken apart and “floated” to where they are today

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Alfred Wegener-

German geologist who first came up with the Continental Drift theory in 1915

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Pangaea-

name that Wegener gave to the land mass known as the Supercontinent

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Mid-ocean ridge-

the longest mountain chain in the world

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Sea-floor spreading-

At the mid-ocean ridge, molten material rises from the mantle, then spreads out, pushing older rock to both sides of the ridge. This process, called sea-floor spreading, forms the new ocean floor.

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magma-

molten mixture of rock-forming substances, gases, and water that make up the earth’s mantle

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lava-

magma that has reached the surface; also the rock that’s formed when the liquid lava hardens

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volcano

a weak spot in the crust where magma has come to the surface

Video http://www.cbsnews.com/video/watch/?id=7389841n&tag=mncol;lst;10

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fault-

a break in rock where the rocks slide past each other; a break in the earth’s crust; earthquakes occur along faults

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earthquake-

the shaking that results from the movement of rock beneath the earth’s surface

http://video.nationalgeographic.com/video/player/environment/environment-natural-disasters/earthquakes/earthquake-101.html

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uplift-

the raising of the earth’s crust; usually results in mountain formation

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intrusion-

molten rock that has squeezed into existing rock and hardened

Intrusion of mafic rock into granite

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subduction-

process by which the ocean floor sinks back into the mantle

http://oregonstate.edu/media/trcnb-hiq

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rift valley-

a deep valley that forms where two plates move apart