EESA06H3 Quiz: EESA06 terms 2
8 Sep 2016
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Outgassing occurs when water and gaseous elements are released during volcanic eruptions. Accretion the process of building large bodies of matter. Pangea a supercontinent that broke apart 200 million years through collisions and gravitational attraction. ago to form the present continents. Asthenosphere a region of the earth"s outer shell beneath the. Peridotite a platonic rock composed mostly of olivine with lithosphere. The asthenosphere is of indeterminate thickness and behaves plastically. Core the central zone of the earth. Cross-section a representation of a portion of the earth in a vertical plane. Crust the outer layer of rock, forming a thin skin over the. Prokaryotes microorganisms that are earliest life forms preserved in the geologic record. Rock cycle a theoretical concept relating tectonism, erosion, and various rock-forming processes to the common rock types. Scientiic method a means of gaining knowledge through. Diferentiation separation of diferent ingredients from an objective procedures. originally homogenous mixture.
