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Ch.7 Earth's Moving Crust

Published on Nov 18, 2015

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Ch.7 Earth's Moving Crust

By:Aiden Holt
Photo by Kevin M. Gill

Crust

Earth's solid rocky surface
Photo by subarcticmike

Original horizontality

The idea that rocks form flat horizontal layers

Continental drift

The idea that a supercontinent split apart
Photo by MTSOfan

Sea-floor spreading

The idea that new crust is forming in the sea floor

magma

Hot, molten rock
Photo by [Danny_21]

Plate Tectonics

The idea the surface of Earth is in pieces
Photo by Tim Evanson

mantle

The layer beneath the earth's crust
Photo by wockerjabby

subduction

the sliding of an ocean plate sliding under another plate
Photo by stevendepolo

Fault

A crack in the earth's crust
Photo by mckaysavage

Focus

The point where an earthquake starts

seismic wave

A vibration moving away from the focus
Photo by Pulpolux !!!

epicenter

The point on earth's surface above the epicenter

aftershock

shaking of the earth's surface after the earthquake
Photo by (klaus)

seismograph

A device that detects the surface shaking
Photo by matthileo

magnitude

the amount of energy released by an Earthquake
Photo by luca.m.

Vent

the central opening in a volcanic area
Photo by geofiz

lava

magma that reaches earth's surface
Photo by gnuckx

crater

a cuplike hollow that forms on the top of a volcano
Photo by flequi

hot spot

A hot part of the Sun's mantle
Photo by Ron Cogswell

Cinder-cone volcano

A steep-sided cone that forms from explosive eruptions

shield volcano

A gently sloped cone formed from flowing lava

composite volcano

A cone formed from eruptions and flowing lava

geothermal energy

Heat from below the earth's surface
Photo by jsj1771