Earth Science

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What is a self-contained convective zone in a fluid in which upward motion of warmer fluid in the center is balanced by downward motion of cooler fluid at the periphery?

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Convection

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

NGSS.MS-PS3-4

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What is the rigid outer part of the earth, consisting of the crust and upper mantle?

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Lithosphere

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What is an area on Earth over a mantle plume or an area under the rocky outer layer of Earth where magma is hotter than surrounding magma?

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Hot spots

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What is a sheet of rock that is formed in a fracture of a pre-existing rock body?

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Dike

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What is a chain of volcanoes formed above a subducting plate, positioned in an arc shape as seen from above?

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Volcanic Arc

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

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What are places where plates slide sideways past each other?

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Transform Boundaries

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What type of rock forms when mineral constituents in solution become supersaturated and inorganically precipitate?

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Chemical Sedimentary Rock

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What type of rocks are gneiss, phyllite, schist, and slate that have a layered or banded appearance produced by exposure to heat and directed pressure?

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Foliated Metamorphic Rocks

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What is a phenomenon in which a saturated or partially saturated soil substantially loses strength and stiffness in response to an applied stress such as shaking during an earthquake or other sudden change in stress condition, in which material that is ordinarily a solid behaves like a liquid?

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Liquefaction

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

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What investigation proves the magnetic field of the earth?

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Lava Flow

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NGSS.MS-PS2-3