APES Chapter 8

Test Description: APES Chapter 8 Vocabulary

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1) Topsoil. Organic material and minerals

2) Molten rock in mantle

3) 1st and innermost layer. Split into inner and outer. Inner is solid, outer liquid. Made of nickel and iron

4) Outer part of mantle. Made of semi-molten, ductile rock

5) Create large pit or hole in ground to mine

6) Process of one plate passing under another

7) Vent in Earth's surface. Emits ash, gas, and molten lava. Can be caused by hotspots or convergent plates

8) Form by sediments like muds, sand, and gravels compressed by overlying sediments. can be uniform or different

9) Large expanses of rock where movement had occurred where plates meet

10) Cools inside Earth underground. Many colors, cools slowly, minerals seperate

11) Magma pushes up and out, making new rocks and bringing copper, lead, and silver, however it is deep under ocean

12) Exact point on Earth's surface directly above where rock ruptures

13) Elements with properties that conduct electricity and heat

14) Loss of some or all of the ability of soils to support plant growth

15) Process of looking for metals and precious stones in river sediments

16) Mineral material, little organic matter

17) Lie beneath landmasses. Contains more Silicon dioxide. Plates less dense that oceantic

18) Unwanted wast material created during mining

19) Determined by percentage of sand, silt, and clay

20) Oceanic plate meet continental. Oceanic pulled under continental. As other plates move apart, rising magma forms new seafloor crust


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