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28 Cards in this Set
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Hydrosphere
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Bodies of water that make up part of the earth
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Lithosphere
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Land that make up the earth.
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Atmosphere
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Air that we breath.
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Biosphere
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Supports life.
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Continental Shelf
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Underwater extension
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Core
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Super hot solid, in the middle of the earth
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Mantle
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A think layer of hot dense rock
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Crust
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A rocky shell forming the Earth's surface
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Continental Drift
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The theory that all the continents were once togher and slowy drifted away
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Plate Tectonics
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Creates the Earth's physical features
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Magma
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Molten rock
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Subduction
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The heavier sea plante dives beneath the lighter continental plate
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Accretion
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Earth crust comes together
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Spreading
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Sea plates that also pull apart
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Fold
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Bends
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Fault
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Cracks in the Earth's crust
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Faulting
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Cannot be bent
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Weathering
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Breaks down rock
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Erosion
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Wears away the Earth's surface
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Glacier
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Large ice that moves
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Moraine
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Large piles of rock
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Water Cycle
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Name given for the regular movement of water
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Evaporation
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Changing of liquid water into vapor, or gas
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Condensation
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Warm air cools
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Precipitaion
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Rain, snow, or sleet
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Desalination
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Salt water turns into freshwater
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Groundwater
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Freshwater that lies beneath the Earth's surface
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Aquifer
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Very slow flows of water
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