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34 Cards in this Set
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Oceans, lakes, and rivers make up what?
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hydosphere
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Land and earth make up what?
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Lithosphere
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The air that surrounds us makes up the what?
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Atmosphere
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Liveing things make up what?
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Biosphere
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An uderwater extension of the coastal plain?
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Continental shelf
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Center of the earth?
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Core
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After the outer core comes what?
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Mantle
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The surface of the earth?
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Crust
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The theory that all continents were joined but slowly drifted apart?
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Continetal drift
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The physical process that create the earths physical features?
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Plate tectonics
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Moltend rock?
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Magma
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What is the hevier sea plate that dives beneath the lighter continetal plate?
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Subduction
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When peices of the earths crust come togethere slowly?
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Accretion
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When sea plates pull apart is called?
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Spreading
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When a rock layer bends is called ?
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Fold
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When a rock layer cracks is called?
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Fault
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When folded land cannot be bent any further is called?
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Faulting
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When rock breakes down it is called?
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Weathering
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What wears away the earths surface by wind, glaciers, and moving rock?
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Erosion
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What are bodies of ice that move across the earths surface?
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Glaciers
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When glaciers melt and recede is called what?
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Moraines
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When sea plates pull apart is called?
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Spreading
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Name given to this regular movement of water called what?
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Water cycle
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When a rock layer bends is called ?
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Fold
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When a rock layer cracks is called?
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Fault
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The changing of water to a gas?
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Evaporation
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When folded land cannot be bent any further is called?
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Faulting
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When rock breakes down it is called?
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Weathering
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What wears away the earths surface by wind, glaciers, and moving rock?
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Erosion
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What are bodies of ice that move across the earths surface?
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Glaciers
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When glaciers melt and recede is called what?
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Moraines
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Name given to this regular movement of water called what?
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Water cycle
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The changing of water to a gas?
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Evaporation
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When a gas turns to a liquid?
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Condensation
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