Key Concepts


Changes in the Earth’s Crust

 

Test: Tuesday, December 22nd

 

earthquake                               inner core

Pangaea                                   outer core

Alfred Wegener                        mantle

lava                                          magma

magma chamber                       subduction

continental drift             Richter Scale

fault                                          volcano

mid-ocean ridge                        focus

epicenter                                  crater

convection                                seismic waves

asthenosphere                           Ring of Fire

lithosphere                                Mercalli Scale

hydrosphere                             seismograph

plate tectonics                           crust

vent                                          ash cloud

divergent boundary                   convergent boundary

transform boundary                   sea-floor spreading

lateral slipping                           plates