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15 Cards in this Set
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The downhill movement of rock and soil because of gravity
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mass movement
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Hot, soft rock from Earth's lower mantle
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magma
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The process of breaking rock into soil, sand, or other tiny pieces
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weathering
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A shaking of the ground caused by the sudden release of energy in Earth's crust
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earthquake
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An opening in
Earth's crust through which lava flows |
volcano
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The layer of rock beneath Earth's crust
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mantle
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The process of dropping, or depositing, sediment in a new location
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Deposition
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The theory of how Earth's continents mover over its surface
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continental drift
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The process of moving sediment from one place to another
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erosion
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According to theory, this was a "supercontinent" that contained all of Earth's land about 225 million years ago
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Pangea
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A rigid block of crust and upper mantle
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plate
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The remains or traces of past life found in Earth's crust
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fossils
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The outer layer of Earth made of solid rock
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crust
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A physical feature of Earth's surface
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landform
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A place where pieces of Earth's crust move
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fault
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