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15 Cards in this Set
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atmosphere |
The layer of gases that surrounds the earth and contains the clouds |
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hydrosphere |
The water part of the earth's surface |
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lithosphere |
The rigid outer shell of the earth |
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crust |
The top layer of the earth, above the mantle |
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mantle |
the middle layer of the earth, between the crust and the core |
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core |
the center part of the earth, beneath the mantle |
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plate tectonics |
a theory stating that the earth's surface is broken into plates that move |
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plate |
a large section of the earth's surface made of the crust and the rigid top part of the mantle |
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weathering |
the process that breaks down and changes rocks |
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erosion |
the moving of weathered rock and soil |
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deposition |
the dropping of materials moved by erosion |
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igneous rock |
rock formed from melted rock that comes from deep inside the earth |
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sedimentary rock |
rock formed when sediments are pressed or cemented together |
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metamorphic rock |
rock formed when igneous or sedimentary rock is changed by heat or pressure |
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mineral |
a natural nonliving solid with a definite chemical structure |
