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Chemical Weathering
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Cinder Cone
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A steep hill or mountain made of volcanic ash
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Cleavage
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A minerals ability to split along flat surfaces
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Climate
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The average temperature conditions in an area
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Compaction
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The process of sediments pressed together by their own weight
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Compound
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Two or more elements are chemically combined
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Compression
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Stress that squeezes a rock until it folds or breaks
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Condensation
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The process by which gas turns into a liquid
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Conduction
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The transfer of heat from one substance to another by direct contact
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Continent
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a great land mass surrounded by oceans
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Continental Climate
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The climate of the center of continents with cold winters and warm summers
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Continental Shelf
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A gently sloping, shallow area of the ocean floor that extends outward from the edge of a continent
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Convergant Boundary
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A plate boundary where two plates move toward each other
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Coriolis Effect
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The way the Earth's rotation effects the winds
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Crater
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A bowl shaped area that forms arounda volcano's central opening
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Crust
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Earth's outer layer
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Crystal
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A solid in which atoms are arranged in a pattern that repeats
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Cumulus
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Clouds that form close to the ground that look like fluffy, round piles of cotton
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Cyclone
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A swirling center of low air pressure
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Decomposers
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An organism that breaks down wastes and dead organisms
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