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22 Cards in this Set
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erosion
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the wearing away of land by wind,water,rain,or ice
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rock weathering
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the process that breaks up rocks and causes them to decay
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sediment
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small particles of mud, sand, or gravel created by rock weathering
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glacier
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a thick mass of ice that slowly moves across earths surface
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sand dune
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a hill of wind deposited sand
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lava
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melted liquid rock or magma from within earth from within earth that spills out on earths surface
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volcano
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an opening in earths crust through which lava flows
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fold
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a feature of earths crust created by the bending of rock layers
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fault
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a feature of earths crust created by breaking and movement of rock layers below the earths surface
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earthquake
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the shockwaves caused by movement along a fault line
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landform
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a shape on earths surface
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plain
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a nearly flat area of land
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plateau
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an elevated flat land
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plate tectonics
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theory that earths moving crust is divided into sections
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mid ocean ridge
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a chain of mountains on the ocean floor formed when molten rock rises from below the seafloor openings
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abyssal plain
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large,flat area on ocean floor
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subduction
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the process of one tectonic plate dividing and going underneath one another
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trench
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a large deep valley on the ocean floor
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relief
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the difference in elevation between top and bottom landform
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floodplain
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a landform of level ground built my sediment
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alluvial plain
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a fan shaped deposit located at the base of a mountain
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Delta
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a landform at the mouth of a river created by sediment deposits
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