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underwater mountain ranges that occur where pieces of the earth's crust are moving away from each other
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mid-oceanic ridges
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the study of the earth and its structure
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geology
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huge pieces of the earth's crust that "float" like rafts on the upper mantle
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plates
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the process that causes rocks to gradually break or crumble into smaller pieces, thereby forming new soil
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weathering
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the boundary between the earth's crust and mantle
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Moho or Mohorovicic discontinuity
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Name and label the earth's layers
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crust, mantle, outer core, inner core
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