Landforms

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This type of rain is produced when fossil fuels are burned and produce oxides that react with sunlight and water.

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Acid Rain

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This is a birds eye or overhead view of something

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Aerial View

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Running water, wind, waves, gravity and glaciers; the 5 forces that cause erosion, are known as

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Agents of erosion

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Lower mantle that has the ability to flow

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asthenosphere

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The bottom of a mountain or volcano

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Base

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The type of seismic waves that occur in the body of the earth including primary and secondary waves

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Body Waves

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This happens when the rock is chemically attacked: An example of this is the breakdown of limestone by acid rain

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Chemical Weathering

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The belief that all continents were stuck together long ago

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Pangea

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These are formed when plants or animals die and are immediately covered by sediment

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Fossils

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The idea that the Earth's surface is made up of a series of large plates (like pieces of a giant jigsaw puzzle).

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Plate Tectonics

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The idea that continents can drift apart or together

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Continental Drift

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One plate collides with the other and moves beneath it

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Subduction Zone

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lithospheric plates move away from each other

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Divergent Plates

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lithospheric plates move toward each other

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Convergent plates

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plates slide past each other. The San Andreas fault in California is an example

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Transform Plates

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the sudden release of strain energy in the Earth's crust resulting in waves of shaking that radiate outwards from the source

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Earthquake

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The point where an earthquake starts

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Hypocenter

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The point at the surface directly above the focus

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Epicenter

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This is based on the observed effects of ground shaking on people, buildings, and natural features

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Intensity

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This is related to the amount of seismic energy released at the hypocenter of the earthquake.

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Magnitude

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This was created to measure the magnitude of earthquakes

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The Richter Scale

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This is an opening (or rupture) in the Earth's surface or crust, which allows hot, molten rock, ash, and gases to escape from deep below the surface

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Volcano

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The outer shell of the Earth is called

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Crust

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The next layer is called the    

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Mantle

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The next layer is the liquid

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Outer Core

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The middle bit is called the solid

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Inner Core

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is a physical action which breaks up rocks into smaller pieces

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Physical Weathering

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is when rocks are weakened and broken down by animals and plants

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Biological Weathering

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is a type of physical weathering which involves wearing down rocks usually by wind or water

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Erosion

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Streams and rivers carry the small bits of sediment towards the sea (continually wearing down as they progress).

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Transportation

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means that the sand and sediments in the sea eventually settle to the bottom. 

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Deposition

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Layers of sediment are deposited at the bottom of seas and lakes.
Layers of sediment are deposited at the bottom of seas and lakes. These types of rocks usually have layers or bands across them and contain fossils

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Sedimentary Rock

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These rocks are created by extreme heat and pressure.
They do not melt

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Metamorphic Rock

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These rocks form when molten rock (Magma if it is below the surface or lava  if it has erupted from a volcano) solidifies and they contain minerals randomly arranged in crystals

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Igneous Rocks