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20 Cards in this Set
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Topographic Map
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A map that shows the shapes and surface features and their elevations
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Deposition
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The dropping or releasing of sediment
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Erosion
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The movement of rock pieces, or sediment, from place to place.
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Weathering
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The breaking of rocks into pieces or sediment.
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Contour Lines
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Connect points on the map that have the same elevation.
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Crust
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Earth's rocky outer layer
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Core
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The innermost of earth's layers. The very middle.
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Mantle
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The layer just below the earth's crust.
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Lithosphere
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The solid upper layer of the mantle and the crust combined
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Dome Mountain
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Formed from mantle pushing up on the earth's crust, but not breaking through.
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Earthquake
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The violent shaking of the earth's crust
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Epicenter
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The point on land directly above the underground center of the earthquake.
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Fault
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Cracks in the earth's crust along which movement may take place.
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Fault-block Mountains
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Form wherever faulting takes place. They may even occur at faults within folding mountains
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Folding Mountains
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Two plates collide and force layers of rock into folds. (example Andes Mountains)
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Focus
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The point underground where the faulting occurs.
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Fossil
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The physical remains or trace of a plant or animal that lived long ago.
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Magma
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Melted rock below the earth's surface.
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Plate Tectonics
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The idea of giant plates moving slowly across earth's surface.
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Seismic Waves
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As the crust shakes it sends out shock waves known as
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