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15 cards·by a.keating
Continental Drift
When Tectonic Plates drift away and converge with each other.
Pangea
All of the continents pushed together to form 1 super continent.
Plate Tectonics
Plate Tectonics are 7 major plates that float on the molten surface of Earth.
Convergent Boundaries
When plates move toward each other but, nether wants to sumbmerge,so they collide and form
mountains and plateaus.Also they create eruptions
Divergent Boundaries
When 2 ocean plates drift away form each other magma releases into the ocean, the magma cools
and hardens, and becomes more of the sea floor
Transforming Boundaries
2 plates slide against each other because the plates do not slide smoothly.The build-up
causes the plates to rush forward and release energy
Faults
Extended breaks in rocks.
P Waves
Waves that can travel through gases.
S Waves
Waves that can travel through the body of an object.
Seismic Waves
Periodic disturbances of particles that create earthquakes.
Measurement
A system of measures.
Earthquake
A disturbance that is disruptive.
Volcano
A mountain like formation on the Earth's surface that erupts with magma and lava.
Tsunami
A storm that forms in the Ocean.
Lithosphere
The outer crust of the Earth