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| 1-10 of 10Tectonic plate flashcard sets | |||
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| # | Title | Terms | Date |
| 1 | Earthquakes, Volcanoes, Tectonic Platesby ilana728 | 37 terms | April 5, 2008 |
| 2 | Tectonic Plates Boundariesby laugerin | 3 terms | December 2, 2008 |
| 3 | Tectonic Platesby jcooper12 | 15 terms | January 13, 2009 |
| 4 | Tectonic Platesby etrout | 26 terms | February 19, 2009 |
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| 5 | Tectonic Plates, etcby leahmdl | 43 terms | January 30, 2009 |
| 6 | Tectonic Platesby atrethewey | 8 terms | May 12, 2009 |
| 7 | Tectonic Plate Boundariesby Vercingetorix | 11 terms | October 17, 2008 |
| 8 | science6-tectonic platesby TammyW | 19 terms | September 15, 2008 |
| 9 | Tectonic Platesby NikiEichelberger | 17 terms | October 27, 2009 |
| 10 | Tectonic Platesby parkerhouse | 5 terms | October 28, 2009 |
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| tectonic plate definitions | |||
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| # | Definition | Sets | |
| 1 | a huge slab of rock that moves very slowly over a softer layer beneath the surface of earths crust. | 5 sets | |
| 2 | a piece of the lithosphere that moves around on top of the asthenosphere | 4 sets | |
| 3 | part of the earths crust that moves and creates mountains | 4 sets | |
| 4 | one of the large, moving pieces into which earth's lithosphere is broken and which commonly carries both oceanic and continental crust | 3 sets | |
| 5 | an enormous moving shelf that forms the earth's crust. | 3 sets | |
| 6 | piece of the lithosphere that moves on the asthenosphere | 3 sets | |
| 7 | a block of lithosphere that consists of the crust and the rigid, outermost part of the mantle | 2 sets | |
| 8 | glide across the underlying asthenosphere in much the same way as a chunk of ice drifts across a pond | 2 sets | |
| 9 | pieces of lithosphere that move around top of asthenosphere | 2 sets | |
| 10 | a huge slab of slowly moving rock. | 2 sets | |
| 11 | a block of lithosphere that consists of the crust and the rigid outermost part of the mantle; also called lithospheric plate. | 2 sets | |
| 12 | a internally rigid crustal block of the lithosphere which moves horizontally across the earth | 1 set | |
| 13 | collisions pushed them up millions of years ago | 1 set | |
| 14 | the large slabs of rock that form earth's surface, moving over a layer of partly molten rock | 1 set | |
| 15 | large, solid piece of earth's surface | 1 set | |
| 16 | large broken sections of the earth's crust | 1 set | |
| 17 | one of the rigid pieces of the earth's crust | 1 set | |
| 18 | large and small slabs of rock that make up pieces of the lithosphere. | 1 set | |
| 19 | one of numerous rigid sections of the lithosphere that move as a unit over the material of the asthenosphere | 1 set | |
| 20 | one of the large moving pieces into which earth's lithosphere is broken and which commonly carries both oceanic and continental crust | 1 set | |
| 21 | a block of lithosphere that consits of the crust and the right, outermost part of the mantle. | 1 set | |
| 22 | a block of lithosphere that consists of the crust and the rigid, outermost part of the mantle; also called lithosphere plate. | 1 set | |
| 23 | a giant slab of lithosphere that floats on earths mantle | 1 set | |
| 24 | one of the large, moving pieces into which earth's lithosphere is broken is broken and which commonly carries both oceanic and continental crust. | 1 set | |
| 25 | a huge slab of rock that moves very slowly over a soft layer beneath the surface of earth's crust. | 1 set | |
| 26 | blocks of lithosphere that "float" around on asthenosphere | 1 set | |
| 27 | is when the lithosphere is broken into many large and small slabs of rock | 1 set | |
| 28 | broken up parts of the lithosphere | 1 set | |
| 29 | a large chunk of earth's crust + upper mantle that moves around slowly | 1 set | |
| 30 | huge slab of moving earth | 1 set | |
| 31 | a block of lithosphere that consists of the crust and the rigid, outermost part of the mantle. | 1 set | |
| 32 | the rigid, outermost layer of the earth, divided into pieces. | 1 set | |
| 33 | a large piece of eath crust | 1 set | |
| 34 | one of the large, moving pieces into which earth's lithosphere is broken and which commonly carries both oceanic and continental crust. | 1 set | |
| 35 | one of the slabs of rock that earth's lithosphere is broken up into | 1 set | |
| 36 | an enormous moving shelf that forms the earth's crust | 1 set | |
| 37 | a segment of the earth's crust that moves relative to other segments and is characterized by volcanic and seismic activity around its margins. | 1 set | |
| 38 | a huge slabs of rock that moves very slowly over a softer layer beneath earth's surface | 1 set | |
| 39 | hugh sections of the broken lithosphere which move slowly across the earth. | 1 set | |
| 40 | which of the following is not a kind of technology used to construct earthquake resistant buildings --- tectonic plate or mass damper | 1 set | |