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40 Cards in this Set
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Hydrosphere
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All water on the planet
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Lithosphere
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The part where we live and eat(the crust)
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Atmosphere
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The air we breath
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Biosphere
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The part of the earth that suports life
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Eurasia
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Europe and Asia as one land mass
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Isthmus of Panama
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Links south america and north america
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Sinai Peninsula
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Human made Suez Canal seperates Africa and Asia
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Continetal shelf
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Is an underwater extension of the coastal plain
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Mount Everest
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Tallest moutain on earth at 29,028 ft tall
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Dead sea
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Lowest dry land point at 1,349 ft
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Mariana Trench
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A narrow under the water canyon about 35,827 ft deep
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Core
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Very center of earth super hot solid inner core made up of iron and nickel
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Mantle
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Layer of thick hot dense rock
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Crust
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The outter layer where we live
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Mariana Trench
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A narrow under the water canyon about 35,827 ft deep
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Continental drift
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Theory that the continets drifted apart form each other at one time
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Core
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Very center of earth super hot solid inner core made up of iron and nickel
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Plate tectonics
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Theory of Creation of earth's features
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Mantle
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Layer of thick hot dense rock
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Folds
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buckles of layers of rock
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Crust
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The outter layer where we live
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Faults
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Cracks in earths crust
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Continental drift
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Theory that the continets drifted apart form each other at one time
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Weathering
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Weather breaks rock down with wind and water
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Plate tectonics
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Theory of Creation of earth's features
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Erosion
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wears away the earth's surface by wind and water glaciers and moving water
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Folds
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buckles of layers of rock
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Faults
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Cracks in earths crust
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Weathering
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Weather breaks rock down with wind and water
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Erosion
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wears away the earth's surface by wind and water glaciers and moving water
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Glaciers
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Large body of ice that move across the surface
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Moraines
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Long ridges of land
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Water cycle
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Cycle of water being replaced
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Evaportaion
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Liquid to a gas
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Condensation
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Vapor into liquid
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Precipation
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Water ice, Snow sleet hail
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Desalination
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Salt water being changed into fresh water
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Pacific
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ocean on the western side of North america
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Alantic
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East ocean between North america and Europe
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Indian
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Ocean by India
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