The reason something has occurred or is occurring.

Two things or events happening together or at the same time, but not causing one another.

Loose earth materials, such as sand, soil and rocks, found on the surface of the Earth.

Solid rock found everywhere on Earth, often under sediments, such as soil, sand, dirt and broken rocks.

A type of rock formed when layers of sediment are compressed by heavy layers of sediment above. Sedimentary rocks can be formed from pre-existing rocks or pieces of once-living organisms.

Under the crust where it is hot and rock begins to melt, move & shift.

The section of the crust between earthquake lines.

Plate material containing dense basalt rock that is usually found under the ocean.

Plate material containing less dense granite, usually found underground or on continental land.

Openings, or vents where lava, small rocks, and steam erupt onto the Earth's surface.

Liquid rock that flows out of a volcano and onto the Earth's surface.

The relationship between the amount of matter in a sample and its volume.

The rate an area is worn down over time.

How much an area of land is pushed up over time.

When water, ice, acids, salts, plants, animals, and/or temperature changes break down or dissolve rocks and minerals.

Formed when heat and pressure change the original rock into a completely new rock.

The youngest layer is at the top, the oldest layer is at the bottom.

A crack in the Earth's lithosphere that occurs between two pieces of rock.

Geologic structure that is formed by layers or beds of rock being bent or folded.

Sediment is moved from one place to another.

When thermal energy is transferred via particle collisions.

Motion of particles in a substance.

The circular movement of fluid. When fluid is heated, it rises and spreads out. As fluid cools, it sinks again.

A series of processes that create and transform the types of rocks in Earth's crust.

Are gigantic pieces of the Earth's crust and uppermost mantle. Plate tectonics are made up of oceanic crust and continental crust.

The innermost layer of the Earth. It helps generate the Earth's magnetic field.

The third layer of the Earth. It is the only liquid layer mainly made up of the metals iron and nickel.

The movement of continents resulting from the motion of tectonic plates.

A collision between two of Earth's tectonic plates, where one plate sinks into the mantle underneath the other plate.

A boundary where two plates are moving away from each other and new crust is forming.

Giant waves caused by earthquakes or volcanic eruptions under the sea.

Process that occurs at divergent plate boundaries, leading to the creation of new ocean floor.

A seafloor mountain system formed by plate tectonics.

A long, narrow depression on the seafloor.

6.4 Plate Tectonics & Rock Cycling Vocabulary Flashcards Flashcards

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Magnitude

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The size of something.

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Earthquake

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The movement of the bedrock caused by plates getting stuck on each other and then roughly moving past each other.

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Magma

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Liquid rock found below or within the Earth's crust.

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(Ore) Deposits

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Resources that people are mining drilling for. Found in gaps or layers within this solid rock.

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Earthquake Depth

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How deep or far down into the Earth an earthquake is occurring.

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Aftershock

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A smaller earthquake following the main shock of a large earthquake.

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Epicenter

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The point on Earth's surface directly above where an earthquake occurred.

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