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Title

Earth Changes

Description

Use these cards to study about Plate Tectonics

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Subject

Geology

Level

4th Grade

Created

09/25/2011

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Term

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Definition

Hot molten rock, usually formed in the earth's upper mantle

Term

Plate Tectonics

Definition

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Term

Core

Definition

Earth's center, made up of a liquid outer core and a solid inner core

Term

continent

Definition

one of the main landmasses on Earth, such as Africa, Asia, or North America

Term

convection current

Definition

a series of circular motions that occur in substances when heating and cooling happen together