Earth History from Atoms Vocab

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Plate boundary where 2 plates move toward each other

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Convergent boundary

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Plate boundary where 2 plates move apart

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Divergent boundary

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Plate boundary where 2 plates move past each other in opposite directions.

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Transform boundary.

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Energy transfer through empty space without direct contact.

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radiation

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Heat transfer by direct contact of particles.

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Conduction

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Transfer of heat by movement of a heated fluid (liquid or gas) due to temperature and density differences.

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Convection

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Spontaneous process where unstable nuclei emit radiation

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radioactive decay

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Atoms of the same element with different neutrons

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Isotope

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Thermal energy transfer between bodies

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Heat

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Smallest particle of an element

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