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Tectonic Plates
Terms for unit 3 Tectonic
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Crust
The outer later of the earth
crust
the outer layer of the Earth
Mantle
Layer in between layer made up magma
Core
Center of the Earth
Lithosphere
Outer most rigid layer of the Earth
Asthenosphere
The plastic layer of the mantle
Tectonic Plate
A part of the crust that consists of both the lithosphere and asthenosphere
Continental Drift
A hypothesis that all the continents were once all one continent
convergent boundry
the boundary between tectonic plates that are COLLIDING
divergent boundary
the boundary between two plates that are moving AWAY from each other
transform boundary
the boundary between two plates that are SLIDING past each other
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compression
stress that occurs when two forces squeezed an object
tension
when forces stretch and object
fault
a break in a rock along which on side is relative to the other
uplift
the rising of regions on earths core to higher elevations
subsidence
the sinking of a regions to lower elevations