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15 Cards in this Set
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continental shelf
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the underwater edge of a continent
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continental slope
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the area where the edge of a continent falls steeply to the ocean floor.
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crust
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solid rock that makes up Earth's outermost layer
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drainage basin
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a region of land with water that runs into a river
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inner core
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the sphere of solid material at Earth's center
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mantle
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the solid layer of the Earth that can flow because of great heat and pressure
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outer core
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a layer of Earth that is probably made of melted iron
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plain
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very flat land
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debris
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rocks or gravel left by a glacier
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erosion
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the carrying away of weathered pieces of rock
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glacial tilt
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an unsorted mixture of debris dropped by a glacier
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terminus
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the bottom end of a glacier
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weathering
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a slow process that breaks rocks into smaller pieces
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How do glaciers shape the land
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1. Glaciers form in very cold places as thick sheets of ice
2. Glaciers move because a thin layer of ice forms on the bottom of them 3. Deposits left behind by a glacier are called glacial til and glacial debris |
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Grand Canyon
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When the Colorado River erode the land around the river in Arizona, the __________________________ was formed.
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