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12 Cards in this Set
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oceans, lakes, rivers and other bodies of water
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hydrosphere
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land that makes up part o0f the earth. 30%land
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lithosphere
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the air we breath
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atmosphere
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part of the earth that supports life.
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biosphere
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underwater extension of the costal plain
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continental shelf
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super hot but solid
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core
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thick layer of hot, dense rock.
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mantel
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rocky shell forming earths surface
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crust
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theroy that continents were once joined, then slowly drifted apart
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contenintal drift
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refers to all of the physical process that create many of the earths physical features
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plate tectonics
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when plates spread apart ____ is pushed up from up from the mantel and ridges are formed
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magma
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hevier sea plates dive beneath the lighter contenintal plates
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subduction
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