Description

vibrations that travel through earth carrying the energy released during earthquake
the force exerted on a surface divided by the total area over which the force is excerted
a usually light colored igneous rock that is found in continental crust
a dark,dense,igneous rock with fine texture, found in the oceanic crust
the layer of rock that forms earth's outer core
the layer of rock that forms earth's outer surface
the layer of hot,solid material between earth's crust and core
a rigid layer made up of the uppermost part of the mantle and crust
the direct transfer of thermal energy from one substance to another substance that it is touching
the amount of mass of a substsance in a given volume; mass per unit volume
the transfer of thermal energy by the movement of a fluid
the name of the single landmass that broke apart 200 million years ago and gave rise to todays continents
the hypothesis that the continents slowly move across earth's surface
the process by which molten material adds new oceanic crust to the ocean floor
a device that determines the distance of an object under water by recording echoes of sound waves
the process by which oceanic crust sinks beneath a deep ocean trench and back into the mantle at a converge at plate boundary
a long seismically active submarine ridge system situated in the middle of an ocean basin and marking the site of the upwelling of magma associated with seafloor spreading
a trace of an acient organism that has been preserved in rock
the movement of a fluid, caused by differences in temperature that transfers heat fromone part of the fluid to another
the direct transfer of energy through space by electromagnetic waves
a layer of molten iron and nickel that surrounds the inner core of earth

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