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28 Cards in this Set
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Planting crops along the face, or side, of a slope instead of up and down the slop to prevent erosion
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Contour Plowing
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Water in the soil(underground)
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Groundwater
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When 2 pressures hit and make land gar
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Fold
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Any resource that cannot be raplaced by nature, such as fossil fuels and minerals
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Nonrenewable resources
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When 2 pressures hit and make land go up or make a "Z"
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Fault
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Any resource that can be replaced by nature,such as water,soil, and living resources
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Renewable resource
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Where an earthquake most likely occurs
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Fault
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Process of alternating crops on the same land to prevent depletion of nutrients from the soil(one with nitrogen to one without nitrogen)
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Crop rotation
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Caused by weather (wearing down of rocks)
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Weathering
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A rock that breaks flat
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Fracture of a rock
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Planting a slope in a series of level steps,or terraces, to prevent erosion
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Terracing
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Movement of water from the Earth's surface to the atmosphere and back to the surface
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Water cycle
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Changing of one rock to another
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Rock Cycle
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Deposit of a mineral that can be mined at a profit
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Ore
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If something cools fast it is ____ but if it cools slow it is ____ .
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Fast-Small
Slow-Big |
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Lava on the surface cools at what rate
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Fast
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Ring of volcanoes in the Pacific Ocean near Hawaii
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Ring of Fire
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What percent of all water is saltwater?
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97%
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Molted rock on the top of the surface
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Lava
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Molten rock under the surface
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Magma
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Substance made of 2 or more metals
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Alloy
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Where breaking a plate occurs
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Fault
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A rock that breaks jagged
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Clevage
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A mountain range in the Atlantic Ocean
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Mid Atlantic Ridge
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Removal of nutrients from the soil
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Depletion
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An oceanic plate
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Pacific Trench
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Carring off of soil by wind and water
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Erosion
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What percent of all water is drinking water?
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3%
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