Chapter 4 Terms
Chapter 04 - Plate Tectonics
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Plate tectonics
Layers of the Earth
Geosphere
Hydrosphere
Atmosphere
Geologist
Core
Mantle
Crust
Asthenosphere
Lithosphere
4.54 Billion years
Solid inner core
Liquid outer core
Magnesium
Silicon
Oxygen
Calcium
Aluminum
Potassium
Sodium
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Earthquake
Volcanoes
Eruptions
Seismic-wave
magnitude
Amplitude
Seismograph
Charles F. Richter
Richter Scale
Logaritmic
1994 Mariana Trench Earthquake
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Plate Tectonics Theory
Continental Drift Hypothesis
Supercontinent
Globe
Atlas
Alfred Wegener
Pangea
Crustal Plates
Sonar
Magnetometer
Submarines
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Rift System
Spreading Centers
Divergent Plate Boundaries
Harry Hess
Robert Deitz
Magma
Glomar Challenger
Basalt
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Plates
Early Jurassic
Jurassic/Cretaceous
Late Cretaceous
Gondwanaland
Laurasia
Lithosphere Plates
India
Madagascar
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Convection System
Faults
Ring of Fire
Oceanic Lithosphere
Continental Lithosphere
Andesite
Granite
Lithos
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Plastic Behavior
Convection Currents
Gravity
Transform Plate Boundary
Divergent Plate Boundary
Convergent Plate Boundary
Subduction Zone
Mid-Atlantic Ridge
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Rift Valley
Lava
Iceland
Land of Fire and Ice
Subducted
Stratovolcanoes
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San Andreas Fault
Hotspots
Hawaiian Island Chain
Epicenter maps
Kilauea
Mauna Loa
Loihi
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Andesite line
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