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