6.4 Plate Tectonics & Rock Cycling

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• epicenter

• point on Earth's surface directly above an earthquake's focus/depth

• earthquake

• measure of the energy released during an earthquake

• earthquake depth

• the shaking that results from the movement of rock beneath Earth's surface

• magnitude

• how deep in the Earth’s crust that an earthquake happened

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• causation

• the reason something has occurred or is occurring

• destructive

• causing harm or damage

• correlation

• two things or events happening together or at the same time, but not causing one another

• constructive

• having a positive effect; helpful

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• magma

• magma that reaches Earth's surface

• ore / deposits

• a naturally occurring concentration of one or more metallic minerals

• sediment

• loose earth materials, such as sand, soil, and rocks, found on the surface of the Earth

• lava

• molten rock beneath the Earth's surface

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• sedimentary

• a type of rock formed when layers of sediment are compressed by heavy layers of sediment above

• volcano

• solid rock found everywhere on the Earth, often under sediments, such as soil, sand, dirt, and broken rocks

• bedrock

• a mountain or hill, typically conical, having a crater or vent through which lava, rock fragments, hot vapor, and gas are being or have erupted from the Earth's crust

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• mantle

• the layer of hot, solid material between Earth's crust and core

• plate

• mass/volume

• density

• Earth's outermost layer

• crust

• a rigid layer of the Earth's crust that is believed to drift slowly

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• continental crust

• Earth's crust located under the ocean

• oceanic crust

• the parts of Earth's crust that form the continents

• erosion rate

• the rate at which the land is being lifted upward

• uplift rate

• the rate at which the land is being eroded (worn away)