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Cards Term Catastrophism Definition Earth has been affected by sudden short-lived, violent events Term uniformitarianism Definition current geologic processes the operate today also operated in the past Term geocentric model Definition earth sits motionless at center while planets and sun circle around it Term heliocentric model Definition all planets circle the sun Term big bang theory Definition all matter and energy was initially packed into a single point Term nuclear fusion Definition process by which hydrogen atoms join together to form a helium atom Term organic chemicals Definition carbon containing compounds that occur in living organisms Term minerals Definition inorganic; atoms are arranges in an orderly (crystallized structure) Term glass Definition a solid;atoms are disorganized Term melts   Definition form when material becomes hot and tranforms into a liquid Term volatiles Definition easily converted to gas from solid or liquid state Term xenolith Definition foreign rock Term p waves Definition body waves that can travel through solid and liquid Term s waves Definition body waves, can travel only through solid Term lithosphere Definition cool, rigid, outermost mantle and crust Term asthenosphere Definition able to flow Term geographic poles Definition places where earths rotation axis intersects the earths surface Term magnetic poles Definition resulted from circulation of liquid iron alloy in the earths outer core Term declination Definition the circumfrance that passes over the sample location and paleopole Term inclination Definition distance between the sampling location and paleopole Term mid ocean ridge Definition elongated submarine mountain ranges who peaks lie only 2-2.5km below sea level;parallel Term seamount chains Definition volcanic islands Term fracture zones Definition occur perpendicular to midocean ridges; narrow bands of vertical fractures Term Definition