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20 Cards in this Set
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oceans, lakes, rivers, and other bodies of water make up part of the earth.
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hydrosphere
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land makes up part of the earth
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lithosphere
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the part of the earth that supports life
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biosphere
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highest point on earth located in hamalaya mountains
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mount everest
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lowest dry point land on earth saltest body of water
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dead sea
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a narrow under water canyon
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marian treanch
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at the very center of the earth is a very hot but super solid...
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core
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next to the outer core is a thick layer of dense rock
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mantle
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a rocky shell forming the earth"s surface
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crust
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the theory that the continents were once joined
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continental drift
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refers to all of the physical processes that create m,any of the earths feautures
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plate tetonics
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when plates spread apart - or molten rock is pushed up from the mantleand ridges are formed
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magma
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when the heavier sea plate dives beneath the lighter continental plate
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subduction
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pieces of the earths crust come together slowly as the sea plates slides under the continenta plate
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acretion
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sea plates pull apart on this process
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spreading
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moving plates sometimes squeeze the earths surface until it buckles
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fold
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plates may grind together greating craks in the earths crust
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fault
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when the folded land cannot be bent any furhter
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faulting
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breaks down rocks
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weathering
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large bodies of ice that move across the earths surface
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glacier
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