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Ch.7 science

Published on Feb 04, 2016

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PRESENTATION OUTLINE

Ch.7 Science

Colby Bailey
Photo by johncooke

Crust

Earh's rocky surface containing the continents and ocean floor
Photo by Leo Reynolds

original horizontality

The idea that many kinds of rocks form flat horizontal layers.

Continental drift

The idea of that a superconntinents split apart into pieces

Sea floor spreading

The idea that new crust is forming at ridges in the sea floor
Photo by Ochinko

Magma

Hot melted rock.
Photo by t-dawg

Plate tectonics

The idea that Earth's surface is broken into plates
Photo by izzie_whizzie

Mantle

The layer beneath earth's crust
Photo by jsj1771

Subduction

The sliding of a denser ocean plate
Photo by Ken Lund

fault

A huge rock in the Earth's crust
Photo by loonyowl

Focus

The point where an Earthquake starts
Photo by martinluff

Seismic waves

A vibration that spreads out away from focus.
Photo by Tex Texin

Seismic waves

A vibration that spreads out away from focus.
Photo by Tex Texin

Epicenter

The point of an Earthquakes surface
Photo by quapan

After shock

The shaking of Earth's crust

Seismograph

A sensitive device that detects the shaking of the Earth's crust

magnitude

The brightness of a star.
Photo by Ken_Lord

Vent

The center of a volcano
Photo by catfink

Lava

Magma that reaches Earth
Photo by Doblonaut

Crater

A depression structure in the Moon's surface

Hot Spot

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

Cinder-cone volcano

A steep sided cone

Shield volcano

A wide gently sloped cone
Photo by filippo_jean

Composite volcano

A symmetric cone formed from eruptions

Geothermal energy

Heat from below Earth's surface