plate tectonics,mountains,volcanoes and earthquakes

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  1. 3. the result of a distorting process
  2. 4. formed by blocks of rock uplifted from normal faults
  3. 5. two or more of Earth's tectonic plates are pushed together
  4. 6. the magnetism in rocks that was induced by the earth's magnetic field
  5. 8. change in shape and size of elastic, plastic, and fluid materials
  6. 11. sliding plate force is a proposed driving force for plate motion in plate tectonics
  7. 13. periodic aggregation and dispersal of Earth's continental crust
  8. 14. assembled from earlier continental units approximately 335 million years ago
  9. 15. a record produced by a seismograph
  10. 16. fault known to produce significant earthquakes that has not slipped in an unusually long time
  11. 18. another name for a cloud of ash, lava
  12. 21. an area on Earth where two or more lithospheric plates collide
  13. 25. movement of the mantle as it transfers heat from the white-hot core to the brittle lithosphere
  14. 26. the great size or extent of something
  15. 28. a fault-bounded area or region with a distinctive stratigraphy, structure, and geological history
  16. 29. elastic wave generated by an impulse such as an earthquake or explosions
  17. 32. a fracture or zone of fractures between two blocks of rock
  18. 34. a sudden and violent shaking of the ground, sometimes causing great destruction
  19. 35. an underwater mountain range, formed by plate tectonics
  20. 37. the equilibrium that exists between parts of the earth's crust
  21. 39. area on Earth over a mantle plume or an area under the rocky outer layer of Earth
  22. 42. seismic seismic wave that is trapped near the surface of the earth
  23. 43. activity or phenomena.
  24. 44. represents the electrical depolarization of the atria of the heart
  25. 45. an instrument that measures and records details of earthquakes
  26. 46. return of elastically deformed rock to its original shape
  27. 47. places where plates slide sideways past each other
  28. 49. the formation of new areas of oceanic crust
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  1. 1. large volcanic crater, especially one formed by a major eruption
  2. 2. the shallow water area found in proximity to continents
  3. 4. fracture or zone of fractures between two blocks of rock
  4. 7. a long high sea wave caused by an earthquake, submarine landslide
  5. 9. the point on the earth's surface vertically above the focus of an earthquake.
  6. 10. the measurable amount of a property, such as force, brightness, or a magnetic field.
  7. 12. the sideways and downward movement of the edge of a plate of the earth's crust
  8. 16. force exerted by a cold, dense oceanic plate plunging into the mantle due to its own weight
  9. 17. sedimentary rocks warped upward to form a roughly circular shape
  10. 19. the gradual movement of the continents across the earth's surface
  11. 20. hot fluid material below the earth's crust from which lava and other igneous rock is formed on cooling
  12. 22. force per unit area within materials that arises from externally applied forces
  13. 23. hot molten rock erupted from a volcano, or solid rock resulting from cooling of this.
  14. 24. a rupture in the crust of a planetary-mass object, such as Earth
  15. 27. a soft, light permanent wave designed to give the hair fullness
  16. 30. area of the earth from angular distances of 104 to 140 degrees from a given earthquake that does not receive any direct P waves
  17. 31. earth movement resulting from the horizontal compression of rock layers by internal forces
  18. 33. the center of interest or activity.
  19. 36. a theory explaining the structure of the earth's crust
  20. 38. shakes the ground back and forth perpendicular to the direction the wave is moving
  21. 40. occur along spreading centers where plates are moving apart and new crust is created
  22. 41. a line of mountains connected by high ground
  23. 44. was the superocean that surrounded the supercontinent Pangaea
  24. 48. form fissures, cracks, or breaks, especially through large-scale faulting;