Changing Earth
Terms
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- a vent in the Earth's crust through which ash, gases and molten lava erupt
- VOLCANO
- movement of two plates passing each other along common boundaries
- TRANSFORM
- sliding boundary
- TRANSFORM
- example of a transform boundary
- SAN ANDREAS FAULT (PACIFIC PLATE AND N. AMERICAN PLATE)
- huge sea waves caused by earthquakes that occur under the sea floor
- TSUNAMI
- theory that all continents have moved from other positions on Earth's surface
- CONTINENTAL DRIFT
- movement of hot rocks below Earth's surface along cracks between plates
- SEA FLOOR SPREADING (DIVERGENT PLATES)
- outer layer of Earth
- LITHOSPHERE
- layer consisting of 13 major plates and several minor one
- LITHOSPHERE
- type of plate movement for sea floor spreading
- DIVERGENT
- two plates carrying continents on their leading edges move into each other
- CONVERGENT
- colliding plates
- CONVERGENT
- movement of plates
- PLATE TECTONICS
- violent shaking of the ground caused by shifting and breaking of deep rocks
- EARTHQUAKE
- deep cracks in Earth's crust caused by sinking or breaking crust
- FAULTS