Chapter 1 Student Vocabulary

Vocabulary
Chapter 1
The Earth; A Dyanamic Planet

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Lesson 1 The Earth's Layers
 

1. Crust-
   
   
    
2. Oceanic Crust-
   
   
   
    
3. Continental Crust-
   
   
    
   • Lithosphere-
   
   
    
4. Mantle-
   
   
    
   • Asthenosphere-
   
   
    
5. Convection Currents-
   
   
   
    
6. Outer Core-
   
   
   
    
7. Inner Core-
   
   
   
    

Lesson Two- Pangea to the present

1. Dynamic Planet-
   
   
    
2. Plates-
   
   
    
3. Plate Tectonics/Continental Drift Theory-
   
   
    
   • Pangaea-
     
     
      
   • Panthalassa-
     
     
      
   • Laurasia-
     
     
      
   • Gondwanaland-
     
     
      
4. Plate Boundaries
   • Convergent-
     
     
      
   • Divergent-
     
     
      
   • Transform-
5. Myths and Legends 
   • Japan-Namazu and Kashima
     
     
      
   • Hawaii- Pele
     
     
      
   • Roman-Vulcan
     
      

Lesson 3- How Plates Move

1. Subduction Zone-
   
   
   
    
2. Mid-ocean ridge-
   
   
    
3. Magma/Magma Pool-
   
   
    
4. Pyroclastic Rock-
   
   
    
5. Trenches-
   
    
6. Formation of Mountains-
   • Folding-
     
      
   • Fault-block-
     
      
   • Dome-
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