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Chapter 7 Earths Moving Crust

Published on Nov 22, 2015

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PRESENTATION OUTLINE

Crust

The top layer of the earth

Original horizontality

The idea that rocks flat horizontality

Continental drift

The idea that the continents will drift away from each other
Photo by catface3

Sea-floor spreading

The idea that new crust is forming under water
Photo by Travis S.

Magma

Hot melted rock in the earths crust
Photo by pierre c. 38

Plate tectonics

The idea that the earth's surface has Brocken into plates that slide easy
Photo by izzie_whizzie

Mantel

The layer beneath earths crust
Photo by M. Rex

Subduction

The sliding of a denser ocean plate

Fault

A huge crack in earths crust
Photo by dsearls

Focus

The point were an earthquake starts
Photo by martinluff

Seismic wave

A vibration that spreads out away from the focus

Epicenter

The point on earths surface directly above the focus of a earthquake
Photo by waterdotorg

Aftershock

Shacking of earths crust after the initial shacking of an earthquake
Photo by Shazster

Seismograph

A device that knows when an aftershock is happening
Photo by Great Beyond

Magnitude

The amount of energy released by an earthquake
Photo by Phil's 1stPix

Vent

Photo by kalinavo

Lava

Photo by gnuckx

Crater

A thing that forms at the top of a volcano that looks like a boul
Photo by Jungle_Boy

Hot spot

A very hot part of the sun's mantle where magma can melt throughout a plate
Photo by Edgar Barany

Cinder-cone volcano

A steep sided cone that forms from eruptions from hot spots
Photo by fermicat

Shield volcano

A wide gently sloped cone that forms from flowing lava
Photo by jondresner

Composite volcano

A cone formed by eruptions of hot rocks and lava over and over

Geothermal energy

Heat from below earths surface
Photo by Hannes E.