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Station 5 Forces Shaping Earth
Forces Shaping the Earth
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02/28/2005

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Term
The Earth has ___ layers.
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Term
____ core is made out of dense iron and is super hot.
Definition
Inner
Term
The _______ is made out of molten metal and is above the inner core.
Definition
Outer Core
Term
This layer flows slowly like putty.
Definition
Mantle
Term
The outermost layer that contains organic material is _____.
Definition
The Crust
Term
The rigid upper part of the mantle/crust that contains the moving plates is called ____.
Definition
The lithosphere
Term
Edges where plates meet.
Definition
Plate boundaries.
Term
This could cause mountains to form as rock crumbles/folds.
Definition
Continental plates
Term
This occurs when a dense plate sinks underneath a less dense plate.
Definition
Subduction
Term
The _____ theory suggests that convection in the mantle circulates material and moves plates.
Definition
Plate movement
Term
This kind of mountain forms when tilted blocks of rock are seperated from other near rock by large faults.
Definition
Fault-Block mountains
Term
This type of mountain forms when compression forces cause rock to fold.
Definition
Folded mountains
Term
This kind of mouintain forms when forces push up on the crust and let sedimentary rock erode, leaving igneous or metamorphic rock.
Definition
Upwarped mountains
Term
Over time layers of lava can form a party-hat shaped _______ mountain.
Definition
Volcanic
Term
This forms by "plumes" of magma in the mantle can cause underwater volcanoes.
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