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Warm Up, Sept. 9 th , 2013. 1) Who proposed the idea of continental drift? 2) What do the prefixes en- and ex- mean? Give one example of each in a word. 3) Attempt to define the following: Geo- Litho - Astheno - Terr -. “Latin and Greek” Derivatives*.
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Warm Up, Sept. 9th, 2013 1) Who proposed the idea of continental drift? 2) What do the prefixes en- and ex- mean? Give one example of each in a word. 3) Attempt to define the following: Geo- Litho- Astheno- Terr-
“Latin and Greek” Derivatives* Start a new page in your notebook and always place derivatives there. 1) Geo earth 2) Litho stone 3) Astheno weak 4) Spher ball, around 5) Vectus to carry DerivativeTranslation
Inner Core http://images.sciencedaily.com/2010/12/101216142541.jpg http://images.sciencedaily.com/2010/12/101216142541.jpg A ball of hot, solid metals. Pressure is so great that temperature cannot turn the metals into liquid.
Outer Core http://images.sciencedaily.com/2010/12/101216142541.jpg http://images.sciencedaily.com/2010/12/101216142541.jpg A layer of liquid metals that surround the core.
Mantle http://images.sciencedaily.com/2010/12/101216142541.jpg http://images.sciencedaily.com/2010/12/101216142541.jpg Earth’s thickest layer that is made up of hot rocks that are less dense than the metallic core.
Crust http://images.sciencedaily.com/2010/12/101216142541.jpg http://images.sciencedaily.com/2010/12/101216142541.jpg A thin layer of cooled rock. Two types of crust?
Lithosphere http://images.sciencedaily.com/2010/12/101216142541.jpg http://images.sciencedaily.com/2010/12/101216142541.jpg A rigid layer of cooler rock in the crust and upper mantle.
Asthenosphere http://images.sciencedaily.com/2010/12/101216142541.jpg http://images.sciencedaily.com/2010/12/101216142541.jpg A layer of hotter, softer rock in the upper mantle.
NO THIS IS NOT HOW IT WORKS! But how do large pieces of rock move Continent Tectonic Plate
They are connected to plates that move! But how do large pieces of rock move Continent Tectonic Plate