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Vocabulary Activity
Earthly Anagrams
After you finish reading the chapter, give this puzzle a try!
Use the clues to help you unscramble the words given. Write your answer in the
spaces provided.
1. the tectonic process that takes place along mid-ocean ridges:
AES RFOOL REGIDANSP
2. the breaking and sliding surface between blocks of crust: LFUTA
3. the strong, lower part of the mantle: OEESEMPSHR
4. the place where two tectonic plates push into one another:
VNONTRGECE NBURAYOD
5. the layer of Earth that is made mostly of iron: RCEO
6. term that describes the bending of rock layers due to stress: IFLGNOD
7. rising of regions of Earth’s crust: PLUTIF
8. the place where two tectonic plates move away from one another:
EIREVNDGT YUNADBRO
9. occurs when the hanging wall moves up relative to the footwall:
EEVRERS UTLFA
10. the layer of solid rock that flows very slowly: SEEONHTAPSRHE
11. a theory that says the lithosphere is divided into plates that move around on
top of the asthenosphere: ATPLE ICESTNOTC
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12. the type of stress that occurs when two tectonic plates collide:
ONOSERCISMP
13. the layer of the Earth made of the crust and the mantle: LHETPHESROI
14. a region where oceanic plates sink down into the asthenosphere:
SOUITNDCBU NEZO
15. when regions of Earth’s surface sink down: SBDEESCNIU
16. occurs when the hanging wall moves down relative to the footwall:
AORNLM LAUFT
17. the layer of Earth that has the most mass: METNAL
18. occurs when opposing forces cause rock to break and move horizontally:
SETKIR IPLS ATULF
19. the theory that continents move apart from each other:
TCOITAENLNN FDTRI
20. type of stress in a stretched rubber band: TSENNIO
21. the layer of Earth on which we live: RCSUT
22. the place where two tectonic plates slide past each other horizontally:
AFRMTONSR YNUDRBOA
23. pieces of the lithosphere: ENCCTITO TPSAEL
24. the amount of force per unit area put on a given material: TSRSES
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normal
convergent
reverse
magnetic reversals
sea-floor spreading
divergent
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continental drift
tension
crust
transform boundary
tectonic plates
stress
SciLinks Activity
1. Answers will vary. Sample answer:
Philippine Plate, Scotia Plate, Juan de
Fuca Plate
2. The Great Global Rift is a deep canyon
that runs through the Mid-Ocean
Ridge.
3. Answers will vary. Sample answer: the
Mediterranean Sea will disappear,
connecting Africa and Europe; India
will continue pushing into the
southern Asian continent, pushing the
Himalayas higher; Los Angeles will
move north to join with San Francisco;
the Atlantic Ocean will continue to
expand, while the Pacific Ocean will
shrink.
Standardized Test
Preparation
READING
Passage 1
1. C
2. I
3. B
Passage 2
1. C
2. H
3. B
INTERPRETING GRAPHICS
1. C
2. G
MATH
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H
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H
Vocabulary Activity
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sea-floor spreading
fault
mesosphere
convergent boundary
core
folding
uplift
divergent boundary
reverse fault
asthenosphere
plate tectonics
compression
lithosphere
subduction zone
subsidence
normal fault
mantle
strike fault
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