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Title

Changing Earth

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vocabulary

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Subject

Science

Level

5th Grade

Created

04/13/2011

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Term

lithosphere

Definition

the lithosphere is made up of the crust and top part of the mantle.

Term

plate

Definition

a section of a lithosphere called a plate

Term

three major kinds of plate boundries

Definition

there are three major kinds of plate boundries two plats collide.

Term

what causes earthquakes

Definition

plate movent/shaking of earths surface caused by the releace of energy preasure along a fault.