A mineral that is mined for its useful metal and nonmetals

The heating, rising, cooling, and sinking of matter that causes tectonic plates to move on Earth's surface.

an instrument used to detect and measure seismic waves

Rocks that form from the compaction and cementation of weathered and eroded sediments

The point on Earth's surface directly above the origin of an earthquake

The plastic like layer of the Earth made up of liquid rock located below the lithosphere.

Forces that push on rocks from either side causing them to slide past one another

Transverse waves that move out from earthquakes in an up and down motion and arrive second at the epicenter

What type of plate boundary is the more dense oceanic crust being pushed under the less dense continental crust?

Rocks formed form the changing of existing rocks due to heat and pressure.

A naturally occurring solid found on Earth that are the building blocks of rock. Each have different physical and chemical properties.

A type of map that uses contour lines and intervals to show the varying elevations of Earths surface.

What is the process where 3 seismographic stations are used to determine the epicenter of an earthquake.

The spinning of iron and nickel cause _________ that surrounds Earth and protects it from the Sun?

A break in rock caused by shearing forces is what kind of fault?

Rocks that form below the Earth's surface from the slow cooling of magma

The largest and thickest layer of the Earth made up of mostly iron and magnesium and contains hot flowing rock.

When a more dense lithospheric plate slides under another less dense lithospheric plate at a convergent boundary where some crust is destroyed.

The theory that Earth's crust and upper mantle exist in sections that move over long periods of time

What is the liquid layer of Earth made up of iron and nickel that is directly below the mantle?

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