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16 Cards in this Set
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weathering
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physical and chemical decomposing of solid rock materials at or near the Earth's surface
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erosion
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wearing away and removal of land by water,wind,or ice
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sedimentary rocks
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layers of sediment pressed together
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igneous rock
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rocks formed when molten rock,called magma,cools and hardens
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metamorphic rocks
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changed by heat and pressure
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crust
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outermost layer of the Earth - what we live on
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mantle
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region of interior crust that lies between the crust and outer core contains molten rock and magma
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inner core
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solid inside part of Earth made of iron of the nickel
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outer core
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molten/liquid part of Earth also made of nickel
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concentric
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2 or more circle that share the same center and never intersect -like the layers of Earth
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tectonic plates
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continent blocks of land that move slowly about Earth's surface
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faults
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a crack in the crust of the Earth along which there has been movement of rocks on either side of the crack
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convergent boundaries
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plates which move together
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divergent boundaries
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plates which move apart
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strike slip boundaries
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-aka;sliding boundaries or transform boundaries - when plates slip past each other horizontally
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rock cycle
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the process of rocks changing from one rock to another
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