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21 Cards in this Set
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oceans, lakes, rivers, and other bodies of water that make up the Earth.
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hydrosphere
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Land makes up a part of the Earth.
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lithosphere
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the air we breathe is this part of the earth.
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atmosphere
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the part of the earth that supports life.
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biosphere
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a narrow strip of land that links North America and South America.
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Isthmus of Panama
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the human made Suez Canal seperates Africa and Asia.
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Sinai Peninsula
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an underwater extension of the coastal plain.
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continental shelf
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the highest mountain in South Asia.
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Mount Everest
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the lowest dry land point.
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Dry sea
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a narrow, underwater canyon.
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Marinana Trench
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at the very center of the earth they have this.
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Core
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a thick layer of hot, dense rock.
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mantle
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a rocky shell forming the earths surface.
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crust
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the theory that the continents were once joined and then slowly drifted apart.
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continantal drift
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refers to all the physical processes that create many of the earths physical features.
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plate tectonics
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molten rock
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magma
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mountain range in South Asia
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Himalayas
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when pieces of the earths crust come together slowly as the sea plates slide under the continental plates.
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accretion
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sea plates also can be pulled apart and be this.
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spreading
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bends, in layers of rock
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fold
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large bodies of ice that move across the Earths surface
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glaciers
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