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17 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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Earth's crust
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Lithosphere
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Layer of gases extending above the planet's surface
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Atmosphere
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Underwater extension of the coastal plain
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Continental Shelf
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Part of the Earth that supports life
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Biosphere
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Center; super-hot but solid
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Core
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Thick; hot, dense rock
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Mantle
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Outer layer, rocky shell forming the Earth's surface
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Crust
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Once joined and swiftly drifted apart
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Continental Drift
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All of the physical processes that create many of Earth's physical features
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Plate Techtonics
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When the plates spread apart; molten rock
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Magma
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Heavier sea plates dives beneath the lighter continental plate
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Subduction
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Pieces of the Earth's crust come together slowly as the sea plates slides under the continental plate
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Accretion
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Sea plates also can pull apart
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Spreading
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Bends; in layers of rock
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Folds
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Plates may gring or slide past each other, creating cracks in the Earth's crust
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Faults
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Occurs when the folded land cannot be bent any further
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Faulting
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