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Earth Sciences Vocabulary and
Concepts:
 Pillow lava
 Black smokers
 Earth’s layers
 Lava
 Inner core
 Magma
 Outer core
 Oceanic-oceanic plate
convergent boundary
 Mantle
 Asthenosphere
 Lithosphere
 Mesosphere (Lower Mantle)
 Crust
 Basalt
 Subduction zone
 Subduction trench
 Island arc
 Stratovolcano/Composite
volcano
 Granite
 Oceanic-continental plate
convergent boundary
 Convection currents
 Mountains
 Continental drift
 Alfred Wegner
 Continental-continental plate
convergent boundary
 Pangaea
 Earthquakes
 Sea floor spreading
 Transform boundary
 Harry Hess
 Hot spot
 Plate tectonics
 Shield volcano
 Lithospheric/tectonic plates
 Strike-slip or Transverse fault
 Plate boundaries
 Regional forces
 Oceanic divergent boundary
 Shearing force
 Spreading center
 Compressional force
 Mid-ocean ridge
 Tensional force
 Continental divergent
boundary
 Normal fault
 Rift valley
 Thrust fault
 Cinder cone
 Folding
 Reverse fault
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