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| the transfer of energy through space. |
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| the transfer of heat within a material or between materials that are touching |
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| the transfer of heat by movement of a fluid |
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| the amount of mass in a given space; mass per unit of volume |
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| the movement of a fluid caused by differences in temperature, that transfers heat from one part of the fluid to another |
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| the hypothesis that the continents slowly move across earth's surface |
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| the name of the single landmass that broke apart 200 million years ago and gave rise to today's continents |
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| a trace of an ancient organism that has been preserved in rock |
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| a dense sphere of solid iron and nickel at the center of the earth |
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| vibrations that travel through earth carrying the energy released during an earthquake |
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| the force exerted on a surface divided by the area over which the force is exerted |
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| the layer of rock that forms around a volcano's central opening |
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| a dark, dense, ingenious rock with a fine texture, found in oceanic crust |
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| a usually light-colored ingenius rock that is found in continental crust |
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| the layer of hot, solid material between earth's crust and core |
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| a rigid layer made up of the uppermost part of the mantle and the crust |
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| the soft layer of the mantle on which the lithosphere floats |
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