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Earth's moving crust

Published on Nov 28, 2015

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Earth's moving crust

By:Becky

crust

earth's rocky and solid surface

original horizontality

the idea that many kinds of rock form flat, horizontality lays

continental drift

idea that a supercontinent split apart into pieces
Photo by Greg Headley

sea-floor spreading

new crust is forming at ridges in the sea floor
Photo by dimsis

magma

hot, molten rock below earth crust
Photo by pierre c. 38

plate tectonics

earths surface is broken into plates

mantle

the layer beneath earths crust
Photo by wockerjabby

subduction

sliding of a denser ocean plate under another plate when they collide
Photo by Ken Lund

fault

huge crack in earth's crust
Photo by Dan Thorburn

focus

the point where an earthquake starts
Photo by Genista

seismic wave

vibration that spreads out away from a focus
Photo by tobo

epicenter

the center of an earthquake right on top the focus
Photo by quapan

aftershock

the movement after an earthquake

seismograph

a device that measures earthquakes
Photo by Hitchster

magnitude

the amount of energy released by a volcano

vent

the central opening in a volcanic area though which magma may escape

lava

magma that reaches earths surface
Photo by gnuckx

crater

the top of a volcano that dips in
Photo by Ssppeeeeddyy

hot spot

very hot part of the suns mantle

cinder-cone volcano

a steep-side cne that forms from explsive
Photo by WalshTD

Composite Volcano

a cone formed from explosive eruptions

Geothermal energy

heat from below earths surface