
plate tectonics
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- Q1a scientist who studies the forces that make and shape planet earthgeologistzoologistbiologistaviator30s
- Q2A solid mixture of crystals of one or more minerals or other materials.rockdecaymineralcrystal30s
- Q3The scientific study of the origin, history, and structure of the earth.eartholgyscientologygeologybiology30s
- Q4forces that shape Earth's surface by building up mountains and landmassesdestrucive forcepressureconstructive forcegravity30s
- Q5A force that slowly wears away mountains and other features on the surface of Earth.densityforcesconstructive forcedestructive force30s
- Q6Earth one large landmasscontinentpenninsulacontinental divideplates30s
- Q7vibrations that travel through Earth carrying the energy released during an earthquakep wavess wavestidal wavesseismic wave30s
- Q8A force that pushes or pulls on something.desnityforcepressuremass30s
- Q9Earth's outermost layer.inner corecrustouter coreupper mantle30s
- Q10A dark, fine-grained rockpumicerhyolitebasaltgranite30s
- Q11A usually light-colored igneous rock that is found in continental crust.igneoussandstonegranitebasalt30s
- Q12Earth's thickest layer made of hot rock and is less dense than the core, less hot, and has less pressure on it. It also has plasticitymantleasthenospherecorelithosphere30s
- Q13A rigid layer made up of the uppermost part of the mantle and the crustmantleasthenospheretropospherelithosphere30s
- Q14Soft layer of the mantle. An area that the lithosphere floats on.troposphereashtnospherelithsophereheliosphere30s
- Q15LIQUID core that surrounds Earth's solid inner core& that is made mostly of ironplatescontinentsinner coreouter core30s
