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21 Cards in this Set
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the part of the earth that makes up the bodies of water on the earth
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hydrosphere
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the land that makes up the earths surface
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lithosphere
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gases that are above the planets surface.
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atmosphere
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the part of the earth that supporsts the life
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biosphere
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and underwater extension of the costal plain
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contiental shielf
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the very center of the earths surface
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core
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hot dense rock after the core
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mantle
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the outer layer of the earths surface
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crust
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the process of continents slowly drifting apart
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continental drift
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the creating of earths physical features
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plate techtonics
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molten rock that is pushed up from earths core
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magma
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the earth pulling rock ▼ in the earth and releasing magma to replace it
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subduction
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the earth plates comming together
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accreation
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the procees of the earths plates pulling apart
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spreading
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bends in layers of rock in the earth
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Folds
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cracks in the earths crust
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fault
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when folding land cant be folded any more and it starts to break
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faulting
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the breaking down of rocks (can be broken down chemilcaly and physically)
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weathering
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the wearing away of rocks (wind,Glacier,water)
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erosion
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large bodies of movieing ice
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glacier
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the cycle of water beeing absorbed from lakes streams and rivers that forms clouds then eventually falls to the earth called pricipation that can fall as rain, snow ,sleet, or hail
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water cycle
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