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28 Cards in this Set
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Movement of water
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water cycle
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The changing of liquid water into vapor, or gases
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evaporation
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The excess water vapor changes back into liquid water
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condensation
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Moisture that falls to the Eath's surface as rain, snow, sleet, or hail
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precipitation
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The cahnge of ocean water into freshwater
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desalination
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Freshwater that lies on the Earth's surface
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groundwater
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Underground porous rock layer often saturated by very slow flows of water
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aquifer
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Oceans, lakes, rivers, and other bodies of water
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hydrosphere
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Land part of Earth
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lithosphere
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The air we breathe
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atmosphere
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The part of Earth that supports life
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biosphere
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An underwater extension of the coastal plain
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continental shelf
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The very center of the Earth is the hottest part of Earth
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core
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Outer core made of thick, hot, dense rock
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mantle
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the outer most layer of the Earth, made of crust
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crust
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Continents were once joined together and then slowly drifted apart
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continental drift
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All of the physical processes that create many of the Earth's physical features
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plate tectonics
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When the plates sread apart, the molten rock comes up
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magma
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Theh heavier sea plate 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 slide uder 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 the Earth's crust
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folds
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Creating cracks in the Earth's surface
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faults
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When the foldes land cannot be bent any further
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faulting
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Breaks down rocks
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weathering
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Wears away the Earth's surface by wind, glaciers, and moving water
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erosion
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Large bodies of ice that move across the Earth's surface
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glaciers
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Large piles of rocks and debris
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moraines
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