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Mantle |
The thick, rocky layer around Earth's Core |
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Crust |
The thin layer of rocks and minerals that surrounds Earth's mantle |
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Magma |
Soft, nearly molten rock |
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Front (Term) Erosion |
a process in which water, ice, or wind remove small pieces of rock |
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Vegetation |
plants that grow in a region |
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Equinox |
one of the two days in the year when the sun is directly over the Equator and the days are almost exactly as long as the nights known as spring and fall equinoxes |
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Solstice |
one of the two days in the year when the sun is directly overhead at its farthest pojnt from the equator |
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Meridian |
a line of longitude |
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Latitude |
the distance north or south of the Equator, measured in units called degrees |
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Longitude |
the distance east or west of the Prime Meridian, measured in degrees |
