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30 Cards in this Set
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Hydrosphere
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the watery areas of the earth, including oceans, lakes, rivers, and other bodies of water
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Lithosphere
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surface land areas of the earth's crust, including continents and ocean basins
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Atmosphere
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a layer of gases that surrounds the Earth
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Biosphere
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the part of the Earth where life exists
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Eurasia
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a landmass containing the parts known as Europe and Asia
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Isthmus of Panama
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a narrow strip of land that links North America and South America
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Sinai Peninsula
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containing the human-made Suez Canal separating Africa and Asia
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Continental Shift
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an underwater extension of the coastal plain
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Mount Everest
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the highest point of Earth located in South Asia
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Dead Sea
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the lowest dry land point of Earth located in Southwest Asia
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Mariana Trench
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a narrow underwater canyon
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Core
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a super-hot, but solid, inner containments
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Mantle
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a thick layer of hot, dense rock
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Crust
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the rocky shell forming the Earth's surface
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Continental Drift
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the theory that the continents were once joined and then slowly drifted apart
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Plate tectonics
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the term scientists use to describe the activities of continental drift and magma flow, which create many of Earth's physical features
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Folds
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bends
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Faults
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cracks in the Earth's crust
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Weathering
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an action of breaking down rocks
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Erosion
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an action of wearing away the Earth's surface by wind, glaciers, and moving water
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Glaciers
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large bodies of ice that move across the Earth's surface
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Moraines
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piles of rocky debris left by melting glaciers
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Water cycle
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regular movement of water from ocean to air to ground and back to the ocean
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Evaporation
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process of converting into vapor
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Condensation
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the process of excess water vapor changing into liquid water when warm air cools
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Precipitation
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moisture falls to the earth as rain, sleet, hail, or snow
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Pacific
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the largest ocean that covers more area than all the Earth's land combined
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Atlantic
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the ocean that is along the coast of eastern America
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Indian
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the third largest ocean that covers 28, 000, 000 miles
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Arctic
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the smallest ocean that covers 5, 400, 000 miles
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