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12 Cards in this Set
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lithosphere
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the solid, rocky layer of the Earth
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volcano
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an opening in the Earth's crust
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convection currents
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a path along which heat energy is transferred
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fault-block mountain
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a mountain formed when masses of rock move up or down
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divergent boundary
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a boundary where plates move away from each other
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asthenosphere
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the layer of Earth below the lithosphere
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transform-fault boundary
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a boundary where plates slide past each other
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convergent boundary
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a boundary where plates collide
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dome mountain
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a mountain formed when magma lifts the Earth's surface
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folded mountain
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a mountain formed when two plates collide
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a crest
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the high top of horizontally folded land; ALSO: the top of a wave, the top of a mountain, the pinnacle, the zenith, the apex, the summit
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a trough
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the low depression in horizontally folded land; ALSO, a long, horizontal ditch; a long, horizontal valley, a long horizontal depression
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