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landform
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a shape of the land
Examples: mountain, plain, plateau |
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volcano
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mountain formed by hardened lava with an opeing through which lava, ashes, rocks may come out
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earthquake
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shaking of the ground caused by rock movement along a fault
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fault
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crack in the earth's crust along which rocks move
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weathering
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the breaking and changing of rocks
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erosion
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the moving of weathered rocks and soil by wind, water, or ice
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dune
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a pile of sand formed b th ewind
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mineral
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nonliving, solid matter from the earth
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igneous
sedimentary |
made from magma
made of ohter rocks, sand, shells carried by lakes and streams |
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metamorphic
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rock that forms from heat and pressure in the earth changing it to another kind of rock
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