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30 Cards in this Set
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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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Refers to all of the physical processes that create many of the Earth’s physical features
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Folds
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Bands in layers of rock
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Faults
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Cracks in the Earth’s crust
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Weathering
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Breaks down rocks
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Erosion
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Wears 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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Large piles of rocks and debris
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Water Cycle
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The name given to this regular movement of water
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Evaporation
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the changing of liquid water into vapor, or gas
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Condensation
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When the excess water vapor changes into liquid water
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Precipitation
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When clouds release water to the earth
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Pacific
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The largest of the five oceans
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Atlantic
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One of the five oceans
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Indian
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One of the five oceans
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Arctic
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One of the five oceans
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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 with Europe and Asia both on it
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Isthmus of Panama
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a narrow strip of land that links north and south America
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Sinai Peninsula
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it’s where the Suez Canal separates Africa and Asia
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Continental Shelf
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the part of a continent that extends underwater
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Mount Everest
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the point on earth, 29,028 ft. tall
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Dead Sea
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the lowest dry land point, 1,349 ft. deep
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Mariana Trench
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a deep underwater canyon
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Core
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the innermost layer of the earth. Made up of a super-hot but solid inner core and a liquid outer core
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Mantle
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thick middle layer of the earth’s interior structure, consisting of dense, hot rock
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Crust
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the rocky shell forming the Earth’s surface
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