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14 Cards in this Set
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What is a chemical change?
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A change in matter that produces a new substance with different properties from the original.
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What is colloid?
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Particles (or droplets) large enough to block out light spread throughout another substance.
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What is hydrosphere?
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Earth's water.
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What is crust?
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The rocky surface that makes up the top of the lithosphere.
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What is a fault?
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A crack in the crust, whose sides show evidence of motion.
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What is magma?
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Hot, molten rock deep below Earth's surface.
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What is a geologist?
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A scientist who studies the Earth.
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A movement of plates that stretches or pulls apart Earth's crust.
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Tension
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A movement of plates that twists, tears, or pushes one part of Earth's crust past another.
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Shear
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A mountain formed by blocks of earth's crust moving along a fault.
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fault block
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A movement of plates that presses together or squeezes Earth's crust.
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compression
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Mountains made of crumpled and folded layers of rock.
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Fold mountains
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What is Suspension?
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A mixture of substances that separate upon standing.
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What is a solution?
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A mixture in which substances are completely blended so that the properties are the same throughout and the substances stay blended.
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