Science Flashcards
Science (15 cards)
Whats a dead load?
The weight of the structure itself.
Whats a igneous rock?
Formed from cool magma or lava.
Whats crust?
The outermost sold layer
Whats mantle?
semi solid rock layer beneath the crust
What are 3 forces?
Tension, shear , torsion , gravity, friction , compression
whats a structure
the way something is built, arranged, or organized
whats a sedimentary rock
made from compressed layers of sediment
whats core
made of a liquid outer core and a solid innercore
what are tectonic plates
large, irregularly shaped slabs of Earth’s lithosphere (crust and upper mantle) that move independently
whats convergent
plates colliding
whats diverngent
plates move apart
whats transform
plates slide past eachother
whats earthquakes
sudden shaking caused by movement of tectonic plates
whats volcanoes
form when magma from beneath the earths crust erupts to the surface
whats erosion
movement of rocks and soil by water, wind or ice