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Tuesday and WEdnesday Homework: Study Words
Matching and/or Fill-in-the-blank Quiz Wednesday October 24, 2018
6TH GRADE MOVING PLATES VOCABULARY WORDS
CRUST -EARTHS SOLID ROCKY SURFACE. INCLUDES CONTINENTS AND
ROCKY SURFACE.
ORIGNAL HORTIZONTALITY- MANY KINDS OF ROCK FORMATIONS OF
FLAT HORTIZONTAL LAYERS.
CONTINENTAL DRIFT- IDEA THAT A SUPERCONTINENT SPLIT APART INTO
PIECES
,THE CONTINENTS, WHICH DRIFTED IN TIME TO THEIR PRESENT
LOCATIONS
SEA-FLOOR SPREADING-THE NEW CRUST IS FORMING AT THE RIDGES IN
THE SEA FLOOR, SPREADING APART THE CRUST ON EITHER SIDE OF THE
RIDGES.
MAGMA-HOT MOLTEN ROCK BELOW EARTHS SURFACES
PLATE TECTONICS-EARTHS SURFACES BROKEN INTO PLATES, SLIDE
SLOWLY ACROSS THE MANTLE
SUBDUCTION-SLIDING OF A DENSER OCEAN PLATE UNDER ANOTHER
PLATE WHEN THEY COLLIDE.