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Inside Planet Earth Vocab Challenge
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Force that pushes on the ends of rock causing it to get thicker in the middle
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Compression
Force that pushes on the ends of rock causing it to get thicker in the middle
Tension
Force that pulls on the ends of rock causing it to get thinner in the middle
Shearing
Force that pushes in two opposite horizontal directions
Lithosphere
Layer of the Earth that contains the crust and upper mantle
Subduction
Occurs where one plate moves under another plate, such as the oceanic crust sinking below continental crust