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What is the study of the earth and its structure?
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geology
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Name the huge pieces of the earth's crust that "float" like rafts on the upper mantle.
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plates
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What process causes rocks to gradually break or crumble into smaller pieces? This process forms new soil.
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weathering
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What are the underwater mountain ranges that occur where the earth's crust are moving away from each other?
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mid-oceanic ridges
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What is the boundary between the earth's crust and mantle called?
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Moho or Mohorovicic discontinuity
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What process occurs when natural acids slowly eat into a rock, breaking it apart?
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chemical weathering
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Be able to name and label each of the earth's layers.
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crust, mantle, inner core, outer core
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