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Integrated Science Glossary of Terms – Unit 4

Chapter 4: Dynamic Earth - Earth’s Structure and Motion


Inner core
Outer core
Mantle
Crust
Lithosphere
Magnetic field
Rotation

Chapter 6: Rocks
Rock
Igneous
Magma
Sedimentary
Metamorphic
Rock cycle
Stratification
Fossil
Parent rock

Chapter 8: Plate Tectonics


Plate tectonics
Continental drift
Mid-ocean ridge
Divergent boundary
Rift valley
Rift
Convergent boundary
Subduction boundary
Deep-sea trench
Collision boundary
Transform boundary
Mantle convection
Ridge push
Slab pull
Pangea craton
Terrane

Chapter 9: Volcanoes
Volcano
Hot spot
Lava
Pillow lava
Magma (review ch 6)
Chapter 10: Earthquakes
Earthquakes
Fault
Focus
Epicenter
Body waves
P waves
S waves
Surface waves
Seismograph
Magnitude
Aftershock
Tsunami
Seismic gap

Note: Units are based on the curriculum, not the Earth Science text book
Asterisk (*): These vocabulary words are not in the Earth Science text

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