Plate Motion Vocabulary Flashcards

Plate Motion Vocabulary Flashcards

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Science

8th Grade

Hard

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Daniel Bryant

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1.

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Absolute dating

Back

Dating rocks or fossils using radioactivity to determine age within a certain number of years.

2.

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Alfred Wegener

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The scientist who introduced the concept of moving continents and the former supercontinent called Pangea.

3.

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Asthenosphere

Back

The layer of the mantle where the Earth’s plate floats on its molten rock.

4.

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Carbon dating

Back

A type of absolute dating that uses Carbon 12 to date the fossils of living things less than 60,000 years old.

5.

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Continental Crust

Back

The part of the crust that makes up the land; thicker but lighter.

6.

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Continental drift

Back

The theory that continents move, join, and break apart.

7.

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Front

Convection Currents

Back

The circular movement of hot rock rising and cooler rock sinking in the mantle, which causes plates to move.

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